All 19 Uses
inquest
in
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
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- I wish you could be spared the formality and the publicity of an inquest,' said Colonel Julyan, 'but I'm afraid that's quite impossible.†
Chpt 21inquest = formal investigation
- As I said before, I wish I could stop this inquest but I can't.†
Chpt 21
- However, once the inquest is over you must both forget all about it.†
Chpt 21
- There won't be any difficulty at the inquest.†
Chpt 21
- The jury will believe that at the inquest too.†
Chpt 21
- It seems there is to be an inquest, Madam?†
Chpt 22
- She wanted to know when they were holding the inquest, but I told her it had not been settled.†
Chpt 22
- All you have to concentrate on is your statement at the inquest.
Chpt 22 *
- But I've attended these coroner's inquests before, and it's so easy to get nervy and irritable.†
Chpt 22inquests = formal investigations
- The inquest was to be on the Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.†
Chpt 22inquest = formal investigation
- The inquest was to be held at Lanyon, the market town six miles the other side of Kerrith.†
Chpt 22
- Somehow, in spite of myself, I found I was coming to the building where the inquest was being held.†
Chpt 22
- What right had he to go to the inquest?†
Chpt 23
- Too bad fainting like that at the inquest this afternoon.†
Chpt 23
- Does he think he can sit back quietly now that sham inquest is over?†
Chpt 23
- As a matter of fact, Max, old chap, I came to congratulate you on the inquest this afternoon.†
Chpt 23
- Well, I attended that inquest today, as you know.†
Chpt 23
- The reason why I'm here is that I'm not satisfied with the verdict given at the inquest this afternoon.'†
Chpt 23
- Some inquest or other, wasn't it?†
Chpt 26
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquest) a formal inquiry or investigation -- typically into the cause of an undesirable event -- often an investigation of an unexpected death
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)