| Inquest 1. (n.) Inquiry; quest; search; as, a coroner's inquest into a death. 2. (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death. 3. (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matter 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. 4. (n.) The finding of the jury upon such inquiry. Thesaurus Entries analysis, assize, autopsy, blue-ribbon jury, change of venue, coroner, country, court-martial, cross-examination, delving, examination, grand jury, hearing, hung jury, inquirendo, inquiring, inquiring mind, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, jury, jury list, jury of inquest, jury of matrons, jury panel, jury trial, medical examiner, mistrial, mortality committee, necropsy, necroscopy, panel, petit jury, police jury, postmortem, postmortem examination, probe, probing, quest, research, sessions, special jury, trial, trial by jury, trial jury, venire |