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Inquisitorial

Inquisitorial Meaning & Definition
Inquisitorial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inquisitorial?

[adj] having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
[adj] marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank
[adj] especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inquisitorial: inquiring

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Inquisitorial In Webster's Dictionary

\In*quis`i*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. inquisitorial.] 1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. ``Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse.'' --F. Blackburne. He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience. --Hume. 2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. ``Inquisitorial robes.'' --C. Buchanan.

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