INQUEST

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 judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury , a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry, the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it, inquiry , investigation