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Definition of Inquests
1. inquest [n] - See also: inquest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquests
Literary usage of Inquests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"The proceedings at coroners' inquests are treated too lightly by medical men.
... As a rule, in all inquests which are likely to end in a committal of the ..."
2. Norman Institutions by Charles Homer Haskins (1918)
"The only matter deserving special remark among these various inquests is found
in the writ of 1156 touching the rights at Caen, which, like the others, ..."
3. The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"The reports of inquests show that the deaths of infants are very numerous, and
that they ... In 1862 there were 20591 inquests in England and Wales, ..."
4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"A writer of a letter signed " Scrutator," in Tuesday's Times, calls attention to
the extraordinary number of inquests which are held in the Workhouse of St. ..."
5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1890)
"At an inquest held in June, 1839, the coroner, Mr. Wakley, said :—" I think
intoxication likely to be the cause of one-half the inquests that are held. ..."
6. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"Constituted as a special chamber, the inquests took cognizance of all cases ...
Under Charles VI, the judgments rendered by the Chamber of inquests were ..."
7. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1874)
"Reserving causes — inquests. But, when the regular call of causes is commenced,
... inquests. a. In general. An inquest is the finding of a jury in a civil ..."
8. Palmer's Index to the Times NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1902)
"... Harry, Accidentally Drowned 23 u inquests ... Isaac, Accidentally Drowned, 1Я
s5 e inquests in Lond >a, * Y.-ar'e Rep ,rt of, 21 n 4/ Insolvent Debtors' ..."
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