inquisition

From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere

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inquisition (countable and uncountable, plural inquisitions)

1. an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
   • Latimer

     as I could learn through earnest inquisition

   • Shakespeare

     Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways.

2. an inquest
3. a questioning
4. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
   • Blackstone

     The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.

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• inquisition post mortem

inquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)

1. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

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From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio

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inquisition f (plural inquisitions)

1. inquisition

“inquisition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).