inquest
/ˈɪŋkwɛst/ sustantivo C1En español: pesquisa judicial
- A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
- An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome
- The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry
- Prosecutorial proceeding on whether or not a warrantless arrestee is charged with an offense.
Plural inquests
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“There has been an inquest,” said I, “and a good many fresh facts have come out.
As I read the evidence at the inquest, which led up to a verdict of willful murder against some person or persons unknown, I realized more clearly than I had ever done the loss which the community had sustained by the death of Sherlock Holmes.
At the risk of telling a twice-told tale, I will recapitulate the facts as they were known to the public at the conclusion of the inquest.
So much for his recent history as it came out at the inquest.
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