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inquest

[in-kwest] / ˈɪn kwɛst /


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Legislation presented to Parliament must be "without dilution or caveat" the Inquest charity said after it was reported last month a meeting with the Prime Minister was cancelled.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Deborah Coles, the director of the charity Inquest, told a parliamentary hearing last month there was a danger reports could simply "disappear into the ether", with the same mistakes repeated in the future.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

The Legacy Inquest Unit has told BBC News NI there are 28 legacy inquests currently in the system that have been assigned to a judge or coroner.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024

Inquest rules mean coroners are not allowed to apportion blame to named individuals.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

Honorable Judge Dogberry thus delivered his charge to the Grand Inquest, "Masters, I charge you accuse these men,"—one policeman testified that Conrade said "that Don John, the prince's Brother, was a villain."

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore




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