Inquest

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Inquest

Inquest : மரண விசாரணை

Inquest definition

Noun.

  1. Inquiry; quest; search.
  2. Judicial inquiry; official examination, Especially. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.
  3. A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner's jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand.
  4. The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.