Inquest

Inquiry; quest; search.

Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.

A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.

The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.