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Inquest:
In law, judicial inquiry. In criminal law the term usually refers to an investigation into the cause of sudden or violent death of a person, or of the death of a prisoner while in jail. The inquest is conducted by a coroner, or other qualified official, and a jury.
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- formal investigation: an official inquiry in front of a magistrate, coroner, or jury into the facts of a case such as a sudden unexpected death
- inquiry into what went wrong: an investigation of the facts of a situation, particularly one that had an undesired outcome
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