Friday, October 21, 2016

INQUEST

WORD: INQUEST

MEANING:
1. Law
a. An investigation conducted by a coroner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the cause of death of a person when the cause may be criminal.
b. A hearing conducted by a judge or magistrate to determine damages when a defendant has defaulted.
c. A judicial inquiry into a specified matter, such as a person's mental condition.
2. An investigation or inquiry: "In his inquest into the earliest days of Rome he had to confront the question of the relation between history and myth" (Robert Ackerman).
3. investigation, inquiry

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Philosophers inquest of life after death.
2. Inquest Reveals There Was No Way Phil Hughes Would Have Survived The Blow From The Bouncer

PRONOUNCE:
in·quest - इन्क्वेस्ट

LINK: INQUEST

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