Definitions for inquest

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inquest in·quest

Spelling: [in-kwest]

IPA: /ˈɪn kwɛst/

Inquest is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in inquest (einqstu).

Definitions for inquest

noun

1. a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
2. the body of people appointed to hold such an inquiry, especially a coroner's jury.
3. the decision or finding based on such inquiry.
4. an investigation or examination.

Origin of inquest

1250-1300; Middle English Medieval Latin inquēsta, equivalent to Latin in- in-² + quaesīta, plural (taken in ML as feminine singular) of quaesītum question (

Examples for inquest

That is a fact recorded by the doctor in charge of the ambulance at the inquest.

Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose,an inquest heard today.

But as to Brigmawl at an inquest, he's about as much good as the Pope of Rome.'

An inquest had been held upon his remains some days before, and he had been buried by the parish.

Then, after the inquest, I shall give an order that everything in the attic is to be destroyed.

At last month's inquest, Coroner Fiona Wilcox concluded Mrs Saldanha had taken her own life.

The twentieth brought a button-hole, and over this the inquest was held.

Firstly, to observe that the inquest was not held in that place, but at some distance off.

At an inquest in May, DCI Paul Fotheringham of Kent Police said recent heroin use was likely to have played a role in her death.

He told senior officials that an inquest was not powerful enough to handle the kind of allegations he needed to explore.