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Definitions for: Inquisition [n] a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
[n] a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
As I could learn through earnest inquisition.
--Latimer.
Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again
these foolish runaways. --Shak.
2. (Law)
(a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
(b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under
a writ of inquiry. --Bouvier.
The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge
to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of
the county. --Blackstone.
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.
In`qui*si"tion, v. t.
To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.]
--Milton.
See Also: court, examination, interrogation, judicature, Spanish Inquisition, tribunal
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