Inquest

имя существительное [юриспруденция] следствие, дознание Например: to conduct / hold an inquest — вести следствие coroner's inquest — дознание по делу насильственной смерти formal inquest — официальное следствие grand inquest — большое жюри Синоним(ы): inquiry

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Inquest

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enqueste, from Vulgar Latin *inquaesta, feminine of *inquaestus, past participle of *inquaerere to inquire 1. a. a judicial or official inquiry or examination especially before a jury Example: a coroner's inquest b. a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold such an inquiry c. the finding of the jury upon such inquiry or the document recording it 2. inquiry, investigation

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