All 3 Uses of
inquest
in
Jude the Obscure
- When the house was silent, and they could do nothing but await the coroner's inquest, a subdued, large, low voice spread into the air of the room from behind the heavy walls at the back.†
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- The jury duly came and viewed the bodies, the inquest was held; and next arrived the melancholy morning of the funeral.†
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- At the narrow gangway where the people ascended from the riverside path to the bridge the crowd was literally jammed into one hot mass—Arabella and Vilbert with the rest; and here they remained motionless, Arabella exclaiming, "Dear, dear!" more and more impatiently; for it had just occurred to her mind that if Jude were discovered to have died alone an inquest might be deemed necessary.†
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Definition:
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(inquest) a formal inquiry or investigation -- typically into the cause of an undesirable event -- often an investigation of an unexpected death