Inquest

Noun

 * 1) A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.
 * 2) The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry.

Thesaurus
analysis, assize, autopsy, blue-ribbon jury, change of venue, coroner, country, court-martial, cross-examination, delving, examination, grand jury, hearing, hung jury, inquirendo, inquiring, inquiring mind, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, jury, jury list, jury of inquest, jury of matrons, jury panel, jury trial, medical examiner, mistrial, mortality committee, necropsy, necroscopy, panel, petit jury, police jury, postmortem, postmortem examination, probe, probing, quest, research, sessions, special jury, trial, trial by jury, trial jury, venire

Etymology
From enqueste (French: enquête), from  *inquirere.

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 * Finnish: kuolemansyyn selvittämislautakunta


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