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BNC: 6241 COCA: 23865

inquest

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
inquest /ˈɪnˌkwɛst/ noun
plural inquests
inquest
/ˈɪnˌkwɛst/
noun
plural inquests
Learner's definition of INQUEST
[count] law
: an official investigation to find the reason for something (such as a person's death)(对事发原因的)官方调查,正式调查
BNC: 6241 COCA: 23865

inquest

noun

in·​quest ˈin-ˌkwest How to pronounce inquest (audio)
1
a
: a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury
a coroner's inquest
b
: a body of people (such as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry
c
: the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it
2

Example Sentences

The court has ordered an inquest into his death. the police conducted an inquest into the case
Recent Examples on the Web At the time of his wife’s murder, Dawson was involved in an extramarital affair with the 16-year-old babysitter of their two daughters, ages 2 and 4 at the time, according to a 2003 court proceeding called an inquest. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 The King County Coroner’s inquest jurors responded to more than 100 questions about the case and unanimously came to a decision that McNew and Anderson were justified in their actions. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 July 2022 Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, for example, currently seeks a judicial inquest into every fatal police shooting. Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 The justice of the peace — an official akin to a county coroner — who is leading the inquest in the case said Wednesday that officials planned to release victims’ bodies to their families by Thursday. Mark Berman, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Byrne’s death led to a coroner’s inquest, which recommended a series of safety improvements at Sealand. Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online, 30 July 2010 Per a 1949 inquest report, a doctor who examined the Somerton Man’s remains placed his time of death around 2 a.m. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2022 The purpose of the coroner’s inquest was lost on Hall’s father, who flew in from Texas to attend it. Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2022 The inquest is expected to conclude after additional testimony Tuesday, George said. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French enqueste, from Vulgar Latin *inquaesta, feminine of *inquaestus, past participle of *inquaerere to inquire

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of inquest was in the 13th century
BNC: 6241 COCA: 23865
inquest

noun

(especially BrE) investigation into cause of death死因調查ADJECTIVE | VERB + INQUEST | INQUEST + VERB | INQUEST + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfull全面的死因調查fresh新的死因調查coroner's驗屍VERB + INQUESTconduct, hold調查死因;進行驗屍order下令調查死因The court ordered a fresh inquest into the tragedy.法庭下令對那起慘案重新進行死因調查。open, reopen展開/重新展開死因調查adjourn (BrE) 暫停死因調查attend參加死因調查INQUEST + VERBopen死因調查展開hear sth死因調查團審理⋯An elderly woman froze to death, an inquest heard yesterday.調查團昨日審理了老婦凍死一案。decide sth, find sth驗屍結論是⋯/發現⋯An inquest found that the deceased had died of a drugs overdose.驗屍發現死者死於用藥過量。return a verdict屍檢作出結論The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.驗屍後的結論是意外死亡。INQUEST + NOUNjury死因調查陪審團verdict死因結論PREPOSITIONat a/the inquest在屍檢中A verdict of suicide was recorded at the inquest.屍檢判定死者係自殺。inquest into對⋯的討論an inquest into the team's poor performance對球隊的不佳表現進行的評議inquest on對⋯的死因調查an inquest on three fishermen對 3 位漁民的死因調查

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