inquest

1. n. Inquiry; quest; search. Source: opted

2. n. Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death. Source: opted

3. n. A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand. Source: opted

4. n. The finding of the jury upon such inquiry. Source: opted

5. n. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death Source: wordnet

6. 1. Inquiry; quest; search. [R.] Spenser. The laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science. South. 2. (Law) (a) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death. (b) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand. (c) The finding of the jury upon such inquiry. Coroner's inquest, an inquest held by a coroner to determine the cause of any violent, sudden, or mysterious death. See Coroner. -- Inquest of office, an inquiry made, by authority or direction of proper officer, into matters affecting the rights and interests of the crown or of the state. Craig. Bouvier. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death Source: ecdict

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