单词 | inquisitorial |
释义 | inquisitorialadj. 1. Of or pertaining to an (official) inquisitor or inquisitors; having or exercising the office or function of an inquisitor. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [adjective] > conducting inquest inquisitory1639 inquisitorial1754 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 117 An inquisitorial tribunal..was erected in the kingdom. 1771 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II III. 322 The first proceedings of these inquisitorial commissioners began at Toulouse. 1821 L. Morrissy (title) Development of the Cruel and Dangerous Inquisitorial System of the Church of Rome in Ireland. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > unduly curiousa1340 inquisitive1529 prying1552 peering1568 speculative1605 emissitious1620 peeking1680 mousing1692 peery1699 long-nebbed1706 inquisitorial1796 nosy1827 nebby1860 inscrutive1882 rootin' tootin'1882 snoopy1895 stickybeak1917 nibby1942 pirooting1958 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] tyrannish1390 oppressinga1475 tyrannica1492 tyranful1533 tyrannicala1538 tyrannous1556 tyranniousc1561 tramplinga1586 suppressing1589 grinding1598 ingrating1599 wringing1620 inquisitory1639 inquisitional1644 oppressive1646 tyrannial1651 grating1653 inquisitorial1796 oppressive1972 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adjective] > inquisitorial inquisitorious1641 inquisitional1644 inquisiturient1644 inquisitorial1796 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 633 This Law is inquisitorial; it obliges Citizens publicly to disclose the secrets of their fortunes. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxiii. 431 With look collected, but with accent cold..He turn'd, and met the inquisitorial tone. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. x. 239 Miss Vernon retorted his inquisitorial glance with one of decided scorn. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) xxii. 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. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > methods of proceeding summar1555 plenary1726 summary jurisdictiona1754 accusatory1770 adversary1785 accusatorial1823 inquisitorial1823 ore tenus1831 adversarial1914 1823 ‘G. Smith’ Not Paul, but Jesus 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. 1900 Q. 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. 1900 Q. Rev. Jan. 220 Two systems of criminal procedure—the inquisitorial or secret system, and the accusatorial or public system. Derivatives inquisiˈtorially adv. in an inquisitorial manner, as or like an inquisitor. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [adverb] inquisitorially1830 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] tyrantlyc1470 tyrannicly1539 tyrannously?1542 slavely1553 tyrannically1560 tyranniously1608 slavishly1621 oppressively1650 grindingly1828 inquisitorially1830 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xiv. 306 The Attorney-General had inquisitorially tampered with Leighton to obtain the names. 1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata 195 He rejudges, too, the more inquisitorially, the more uncompromisingly. inquisiˈtorialness n. inquisitorial character. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] > quality tyrannicalness1649 oppressiveness1701 inquisitorialness1834 tyrannousness1870 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > intensive questioning > character of inquisitorialness1834 1834 New Monthly Mag. 40 62 The repeal of imposts, the vexatiousness and inquisitorialness of which is strongly felt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1754 |
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