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Definition of: inquest
(in′kwest) noun
1. A judicial inquiry, aided by a jury, into a special matter, as a sudden death.
2. The body of men making such inquiry.
3. Inquiry; investigation. [<OF enqueste <L inquisita (res) (thing) inquired (into), fem. of inquisitus, inquestus, pp. of inquirere INQUIRE]
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