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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Great Inquest.

See grand inquest (2) under INQUEST.

grand inquest.

1. An impeachment proceeding. 2. Hist. (cap.) The survey of the lands of England in 1085-1086, by order of William the Conqueror, and resulting in the Domesday Book - Also termed Great Inquest; Grand Survey; Great Survey; See DOMESDAY BOOK. 3. Hist. Grand jury.

inquest.

1. An inquiry by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the manner of death of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances, or who has died in prison. - Also termed coroner's inquest; inquisition after death. 2. An inquiry into a certain matter by a jury empaneled for that purpose. 3. The finding of such a specially empaneled jury. 4. A proceeding, usu. ex parte, to determine, after the defendant has defaulted, the amount of the plaintiffs damages. Cf. INQUISITION.