inquest
n. [法](有陪審員列席的)審訊; 驗屍; 查詢,調查; 公審庭,陪審團
When an inquest is held, a public official hears evidence about someone's death in order to find out the cause.
The inquest into their deaths opened yesterday in Enniskillen.
對他們死因的訊問昨天在恩尼斯基林進行。
You can refer to an investigation by the people involved into the causes of a defeat or failure as an inquest .
His plea came last night as party chiefs held an inquest into the election disaster.
昨晚政黨領袖就選舉慘敗原因進行調查時,他提出了申辯。
1. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
The inquest has been largely farcical anyway.
不管怎麼說,這次審訊基本上是場鬧劇.
An inquest will be held at a later date.
審訊將於再晚些時候進行.
Inquisition means the document recording the result of an inquiry, or coroner's inquest.
調查報告指記錄審訊結果或驗屍結果的檔案.
The Coroner's Court conducts inquest and inquires into the causes of and circumstances connected the death.
死因裁判法庭會就死亡個案進行研訊,研究死亡個案的原因及有關情況.
An inquest was held to determine the cause of his eath.
為斷定他的死因進行了審問.