[in.quest] n [ME, fr. OF enqueste, fr. (assumed) VL inquaesta, fem. of inquaestus, pp. of inquaerere to inquire] (13c) 1 a: a judicial or official inquiry or examination esp. before a jury "a coroner's ~" b: a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry c: the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it
2: inquiry, investigation