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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Inquisitor

1. An officer who examines and inquires, such as a coroner or sheriff. 2. A person who inquires; esp., one who examines another in a harsh or hostile manner. 3. Hist. Eccles. law. An officer authorized to inquire into heresies; esp., an officer of the Spanish Inquisition.

inquisitorial court.

A court in which the inquisitorial system prevails. "We should remember that in the

inquisitorial system.

A system of proof-taking used in civil law, whereby the judge conducts the trial, determines what questions to ask, and defines the scope and the extent of the inquiry. ( This system prevails in most of continental Europe, in Japan, and in Central and South America. Cf. ADVERSARY SYSTEM.