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Inquiry; quest; search. [R.] Spenser. The laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science. South.

A special kind of jury or inquest.

find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also grand inquest. -- Grand juryman, a grand juror. -- Grand larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. -- Grand master. (a) The head of one of the mil…

Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest. Bacon.

Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.

r true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest. The jury, passing on the prisoner's life. Shak.

fice. See Certified copies, under Copy. Abbott. -- Office-found (Law), the finding of an inquest of office. See under Inquest. -- Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary

Inquest; jury of inquest. What lawful quest have given their verdict Shak.