Definition of Inquisitions

1. Noun. (plural of inquisition) ¹

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Definition of Inquisitions

1. inquisition [n] - See also: inquisition

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquisitions

inquirer
inquirers
inquires
inquiries
inquiring
inquiringly
inquiry
inquiry agent
inquisible
inquisition
inquisition post mortem
inquisitional
inquisitionary
inquisitioned
inquisitioning
inquisitions (current term)
inquisitive
inquisitively
inquisitiveness
inquisitor
inquisitorial
inquisitorially
inquisitorious
inquisitors
inquisitory
inquisitour
inquisitrix
inquisiturient
inquorate
inracinate

Literary usage of Inquisitions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies in English Official Historical Documents by Hubert Hall (1908)
"(c) Feudal inquisitions. A large group of miscellaneous inquisitions will be found holding a somewhat anomalous position half-way between Agrarian Surveys ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1816)
"Some inquisitions are taken on an inquiry made by the sheriff, or coroner, ... Such inquisitions are evidence even against third persons, who were strangers ..."

3. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"All original parchment returns of " Parochial " inquisitions. Vol. XXI. Exactly like Vol. XX. All the " Parochial " inquisitions contained in Vols. ..."

4. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1899)
"The Relation of the Eyre Rolls to the Rolls of Special inquisitions. Let us now consider in detail the relation of the rolls of the eyre to the rolls of ..."

5. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1859)
"Prefixed to these inquisitions I find an Irish poem, in the Irish character, on fifteen pages. It is taken from a MS. of TCD, classed H. 1. 17. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... or other inquisitions, which though regarded as judgments in rem, so far as to be admissible in evidence of the facts determined against all mankind, ..."

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