meaning of inquest
1. Inquiry; quest; search.
2. Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroners inquest in case of a sudden death.
3. 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 coroners jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.
4. The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.
5. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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