Inquisitorial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or having the function of an inquisitor.
  • adj. Law Relating to a trial in which one party acts as both prosecutor and judge.
  • adj. Law Relating to a criminal proceeding conducted in secrecy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition
  • adj. in a manner of inquisition or inquisitors
  • adj. describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching.
  • adj. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to inquisition; specifically, pertaining to the Inquisition, or resembling its practices; making strict or searching inquiry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
  • adj. having the authority to conduct official investigations
  • 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
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