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INQUEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("inquest" is a kind of...):
enquiry; inquiry (a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest)
Context examples:
You were yourself struck by the nature of the injury as recorded by the surgeon at the inquest.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I understand, however, from the inquest that there were some objects which you failed to overlook?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In case the coroner should demand it, there would be a formal inquest, necessarily to the same result.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Under these circumstances the young man was instantly arrested, and a verdict of ‘wilful murder’ having been returned at the inquest on Tuesday, he was on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at Ross, who have referred the case to the next Assizes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I confess that this notebook, which did not appear at the inquest, modifies any views which I may have formed.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Dr. Seward said to us, when we were alone, that he did not wish to go into the matter; the question of an inquest had to be considered, and it would never do to put forward the truth, as no one would believe it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I read at the inquest a description of his cabin, in which it stated that the old logbooks of his vessel were preserved in it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The greatest interest, however, is with regard to the paper found in the bottle, which was to-day produced at the inquest; and a more strange narrative than the two between them unfold it has not been my lot to come across.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You must have read in the account of the inquest about the man’s cabin, Mr. Holmes, but perhaps your friend here has not heard of it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is needless to say that the dead steersman has been reverently removed from the place where he held his honourable watch and ward till death—a steadfastness as noble as that of the young Casabianca—and placed in the mortuary to await inquest.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
