Thesaurus: inquisitorial

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1. a. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
2. a. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.
3. adj. especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
4. adj. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
5. adj. having the authority to conduct official investigations
6. 1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. "Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse." F. Blackburne. He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience. Hume. 2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. "Inquisitorial robes." C. Buchanan.
7. j:100 a. especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge s. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor s. having the authority to conduct official investigations