Inquest

//ˈɪŋkwɛst//

Synonyms for "inquest" (49 found)

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Noun(1 words)
inquisition

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Translations

14 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • дознание noun (investigation into the cause of a death)
  • следствие noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 死因研訊 /死因研讯 noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Esperanto

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  • enketo noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Finnish

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  • kuolemansyyn selvittämislautakunta noun (jury hearing an inquest into the cause of death)
  • kuolinselvitys noun (result of an inquest into the cause of death)

German

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  • Untersuchung der Todesursache noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Greek

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  • έκθεση αιτίων θανάτου noun (result of an inquest into the cause of death)
  • ανάκριση περί θανάτου noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Indonesian

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  • inkues noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Malay

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  • inkues noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Māori

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  • uiuitanga matewhawhati noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Spanish

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  • pesquisa judicial noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Welsh

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  • trengholiad noun (investigation into the cause of a death)

Sample sentences

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On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?

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The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.

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An inquest will be conducted.

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The inquest is over.

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