Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOur forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to wide and considered self-government. Robert H. Jackson
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. H. L. Mencken
Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. Helen Rowland
To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers. Frank Herbert
A drunk abattoir worker accidentally hanged himself in the belief his girlfriend would save him, an inquest has heard. Source: Internet
An inquest ruled it justified, as Hanson told a jury he had been fired upon. Source: Internet