English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of inquest

inquest

/noun/ जांच; कानूनी जांच; अन्वीक्षण; तहकीकात; मृत्यु-समीक्षा;

Synonym investigation; microscopic examination; Inquiry;

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English Dictionary:

1. Inquest

[n.]

- Inquiry; quest; search.
- Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a coroner's inquest in case of a sudden death.
- 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.
- The finding of the jury upon such inquiry.