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inquisitorial, a.|ɪnkwɪzɪˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. med. L. inquīsītōri-us inquisitory + -al1: cf. F. inquisitorial (1570 in Godef.); also in mod.Sp.]
1. Of or pertaining to an (official) inquisitor or inquisitors; having or exercising the office or function of an inquisitor.
1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. Jas. I. 785 An inquisitorial tribunal..was erected in the kingdom. 1764–7Ld. Lyttelton Hen. II, VI. 101 (Seager) The first proceedings of these inquisitorial commissioners began at Toulouse. 1821L. Morrissy (title) Development of the Cruel and Dangerous Inquisitorial System of the Church of Rome in Ireland. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 5 [Saul] had been selected as the inquisitorial agent of Priests and Sanhedrists because he surpassed his contemporaries in burning zeal for the traditions of the schools.
2. Of the character of an inquisitor; like, or like that of, an inquisitor; offensively or impertinently inquiring, prying.
1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 633 This Law is inquisitorial; it obliges Citizens publicly to disclose the secrets of their fortunes. 1814Byron Lara i. xxiii, With look collected, but with accent cold..He turned, and met the inquisitorial tone. 1818Scott Rob Roy x, Miss Vernon retorted his inquisitorial glance with one of decided scorn. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xxii. (ed. 3) 297 The old hearth-tax was..said to be inquisitorial, that is, subjected the occupier to frequent and offensive visits.
3. Said of criminal procedure: see quots.
1823Bentham Not Paul 350 In modern Rome-bred law, this mode of procedure, in which the parts of judge and prosecutor are performed by the same person, is styled the inquisitorial. 1900Q. Rev. Jan. 198 There is the French school [of Criminal Procedure]..and there is the Anglo-Saxon school..The one is technically known as the Inquisitorial system, the other as the Accusatorial system. Ibid. 220 Two systems of criminal procedure—the inquisitorial or secret system, and the accusatorial or public system.
Hence inquisiˈtorially adv., in an inquisitorial manner, as or like an inquisitor; also inquisiˈtorialness, inquisitorial character.
1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. xiv. 306 The Attorney-General had inquisitorially tampered with Leighton to obtain the names. 1834New Monthly Mag. XL. 62 The repeal of imposts, the vexatiousness and inquisitorialness of which is strongly felt. 1885L. Oliphant Sympneumata 195 He rejudges, too, the more inquisitorially, the more uncompromisingly. |