Inquest
31inquest of office — An inquiry made by a jury before a sheriff, coroner, escheator, or other government officer, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitled the sovereign to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels, by …
32inquest of title — A trial of the title to goods levied upon by a sheriff; not a judicial proceeding or part of a judicial proceeding merely an inquest of office to indemnify the sheriff in making his return to the writ. 47 Am J1st Sher § 153 …
33inquest — noun a) A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death. b) The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry …
34inquest — see ENQUIRE …
35inquest — noun Law a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident. ↘Brit. an inquiry by a coroner s court into the cause of a death. ↘Brit. a coroner s jury. Origin ME from OFr. enqueste, based on L. inquirere (see enquire) …
36inquest — n. 1. Inquisition, judicial inquiry (especially by a coroner). 2. Jury (particularly a coroner s jury) …
37Inquest — ♦ Investigation by means of sworn testimony. (Sayles, George O. The King s Parliament of England, 145) …
38inquest — noun See inquiry 2) …
39inquest — in·quest …
40inquest — n. an official judicial enquiry into the cause of a person s death: carried out when the death is sudden or takes place under suspicious circumstances. The results of medical and legal investigations that have been carried out are considered by a …
