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Inquisition \In`qui*si"tion\, n. [L. inquisitio : cf. F.
inquisition. See {Inquire}, and cf. {Inquest}.]
1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination;
inspection; investigation.
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As I could learn through earnest inquisition.
--Latimer.
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Let not search and inquisition quail
To bring again these foolish runaways. --Shak.
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2. (Law)
(a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
(b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under
a writ of inquiry. --Bouvier.
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The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge
to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of
the county. --Blackstone.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A court or tribunal for the examination and
punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory
IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to
Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of
Italy.
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Inquisition \In`qui*si"tion\, v. t.
To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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