0 an official process to discover the cause of someone's death: --
an inquest into the department's poor performance
1 an official examination of facts in an attempt to discover the cause of something, esp. of a sudden or violent death: --
a coroner’s inquest
I prefer inquests to be conducted when calm is restored.
Information on inquests on deaths in police custody is published annually.
The vast majority of inquests are purely formal.
What would be the purpose of fresh inquests?
A prohibition on the holding of inquests is not set down in statute, but operates in practice.
At that period no fewer than 5,000 inquests per year on children under five years of age would be an ordinary happening.
On this occasion, there will not be any inquests if they listen to argument.
They want us to agree that all share the responsibility, and there ought not to be inquests on who was really responsible.
