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/ˌɪnkwɪsɪtˈɔːɹɪəl/
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ADJECTIVE
- 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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marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism
a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents -
having the authority to conduct official investigations
the inquisitorial power of the Senate
How To Use inquisitorial In A Sentence
- According to the function and relation of the prosecutor and the defender, the model of investigation can be put into the Accusatorial Model and Inquisitorial Model.
- Inquisitorial system has deprived this kingdom by the total expulsion of the Jews, the conquered Moors and the baptized Moorish, we add about The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880
- German jurists term the inquisitorial proceeding; it became the duty of the Echevin to denounce the ‘Leumund,’ or manifest evil fame, to the secret tribunal. if the Echevins and the Freygraff were satisfied with the presentment, either from their own knowledge, or from the information of their compeer, the offender was said to be Anne of Geierstein
- The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere.
- German jurists term the inquisitorial proceeding; it became the duty of the Echevin to denounce the ‘Leumund,’ or manifest evil fame, to the secret tribunal. if the Echevins and the Freygraff were satisfied with the presentment, either from their own knowledge, or from the information of their compeer, the offender was said to be Anne of Geierstein
- Opponents of implementing the inquisitorial system argue the efficacy of the adversarial system.
- The atmosphere here is more inquisitorial than at the other meeting.
- I can therefore make the submission that the pre-trial procedure (commencing from the state collecting the facts, to the advanced disclosure, culminating with plea bargaining) in the Hong Kong Magistrate is inquisitorial.
- The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere.
- the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism