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Associations to the word «Inquest»

Wiktionary

INQUEST, noun. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.
INQUEST, noun. The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry.
INQUEST, noun. (rare) (obsolete) Enquiry; quest; search.

Dictionary definition

INQUEST, noun. An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope