noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an inquest jury (= one that decides the cause of someone's death )
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The inquest jury decided that he died accidentally by falling out of a train door.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
jury
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The inquest jury returned an open verdict because of conflicting evidence.
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The inquest jury was only able to say John Newton died accidentally by falling through a carriage door.
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After initial indecision, the inquest jury delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
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Read in studio An inquest jury has returned an open verdict on the death of a baby girl killed at a playgroup.
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The inquest jury viewed a ten minute video showing the scene of the shooting.
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At the end of a four-hour hearing, the inquest jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.
■ VERB
adjourn
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Coroner Nicholas Gardiner opened and adjourned the inquest for two weeks so that funerals can be held.
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Cleveland deputy coroner Ronald Smith adjourned the inquest .
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The coroner adjourned the inquest after he was told that Mrs Probyn's husband Jonathan had been charged with her murder.
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Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield adjourned the inquest pending further inquiries.
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Mr Turnbull adjourned the inquest , which was not attended by relatives of the victims, to a date to be fixed.
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Inquest adjourned: An inquest into the death of a toddler has been adjourned .
attend
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Forest townships were compelled to pay the warden large sums of money if they did not attend Forest inquests at his summons.
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Voice over Mrs Garvey's uncle Richard Moore, who formally identified the bodies, attended the inquest .
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Ten soldiers had not been compelled to give evidence and had indicated they would not attend the inquest .
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The couple were ordered to attend the inquest but refused to answer any questions on the advice of their solicitors.
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His parents, who lives at Cowley near Gloucester, were the only relatives or friends to attend his inquest at Tewkesbury.
hear
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Today lawyers acting for 6 families asked the Oxford coroner to hear the inquest into their deaths with a jury.
hold
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He had to decide whether or not to hold an inquest .
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On 11 August 1989 the coroner replied, declining to hold an inquest .
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Form 22 itself indicates that it is appropriate to hold an inquest in a case of death by natural causes.
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In such a case a coroner has a mandatory obligation to hold an inquest .
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She sought a declaration that the coroner had a duty to hold an inquest into the death.
open
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Coroner Nicholas Gardiner opened and adjourned the inquest for two weeks so that funerals can be held.
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I intend to open the inquest on Monday, the seventh.
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And Cheshire coroner John Hibbert is also due to open an inquest today.
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Inquest opens: An inquest opened yesterday on two teenagers who died in an old quarry pond.
read
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In a statement read to the inquest he said Gary knew he would not survive his injuries.
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Loretta wondered if it had not been read out at the inquest .
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With the specialist's contempt for the layman's ignorance, Rufus read accounts of the inquest in two newspapers.
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He left a note explaining his action and it was read out at the inquest .
tell
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One couple who'd been there told the inquest they saw the plane flying low, coughing and spluttering.
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They told the inquest the same thing.
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He told the inquest he remembered nothing about what happened in the crash.
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But Mrs Jeffrey told the inquest her son didn't drive, and the only petrol can in the house was empty.
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For most of that time she was in labour and great pain, she told an inquest this afternoon.
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His wife Fenella told the Huntingdon inquest her husband had been extremely conscientious in his 18 years with Barclays.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an inquest into the death of a 54-year-old woman
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An inquest will be held into the actor's death.
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The inquest heard that Mr Bovary was found hanging by a rope in his bedroom.
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The inquest ruled the cause of death was suicide.