0 asking a lot of questions, especially in a way that makes you feel annoyed:
an inquisitorial manner
1 relating to a legal process in which the judge asks the questions in order to get the facts before making a decision:
These were issued in the form of manuals for inquisitorial judges.
Inquisitorial penances have been neglected in describing the history of penance itself.
Although the volume is largely concerned with confession, in consistorial organisation of these churches, there was a continuum from confession to inquisitorial jurisdiction.
These were codified legal systems utilizing an inquisitorial method of investigation.
Lawyers are involved in the inquisitorial system of justice, but as advisors to their clients rather than as key actors in a trial.
Ideas of both inclusion and exclusion were to be influential in the development of inquisitorial penances.
Alternatively, the civilian, code based system of law has historically been coupled with an inquisitorial system of practice.
The inquisitorial system is characterised by the unique role of judges who are required to gather evidence and question witnesses in order to find truth.
