INQUEST


Meaning of INQUEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈin-ˌkwest ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enqueste, from Vulgar Latin * inquaesta, feminine of * inquaestus, past participle of * inquaerere to inquire

Date: 13th century

1.

a. : a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury

a coroner's inquest

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.