名詞 inquest:

1. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

1. A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.
   驗尸官主要職責(zé)是對被認(rèn)為是死于非命的死者的死因作驗尸調(diào)查的公職人員
2. An inquest has to take place where death is violent or unexpected, where death can be murder or manslaughter, where a prisoner dies and when police is involved.
   對下列情況的死亡必須進(jìn)行死亡調(diào)查：暴力或意外死亡，謀殺或誤殺以及涉及警察的囚犯死亡。
3. A jury of inquest.
   驗尸陪審團(tuán)

in.quest

n.（名詞）
Law
【法律】
A judicial inquiry into a matter usually held before a jury, especially an inquiry into the cause of a death.
審訊，驗尸：通常是在陪審團(tuán)面前所做的對某事的法庭調(diào)查，特別是對死因的調(diào)查
A jury making such an inquiry.
驗尸陪審團(tuán)：進(jìn)行上述調(diào)查的陪審團(tuán)
The finding based on such an inquiry.
基于如上調(diào)查所得出的發(fā)現(xiàn)
An investigation or inquiry.See Synonyms at inquiry
調(diào)查，訊問參見 inquiry

來源：
Middle English enqueste
中古英語 enqueste
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Vulgar Latin *inquôsota [thing inquired into]
源自 俗拉丁語 *inquôsota [所調(diào)查的事]
alteration of Latin inquosota [feminine past participle of] inquorere [to inquire into] * see inquire
拉丁語 inquosota的變化 [] inquorere的陰性過去分詞 [調(diào)查] *參見 inquire