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In a letter Mr. Bailey sent to members of the academy days after the vote, he wrote that the organization could not become “an inquisitorial court.”

In a letter to the judge, Mr. Trump’s legal team said “the judicial system relies upon vigorous advocacy amongst the parties, rather than inquisitorial research by the presiding judicial officer.”

Binnall said the committee is acting as “an inquisitorial tribunal seeking evidence of criminal activity,” which he said is “outside of any of Congress’s legislative powers.”

They objected to the company requiring them to fill out "inquisitorial" questionnaires about their reasons for religious exemptions.

Some Spaniards embraced the restrictions with inquisitorial fervour.