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English Dictionary: inquisitorial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inquisitorial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inquisitorial adj especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge Antonym(s): accusatorial marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inquisitorial \Inquis`ito"rial\, a. [Cf. F. inquisitorial.] 1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial* power. [bd]Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse.[b8] --F. Blackburne. He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience. --Hume. 2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. [bd]Inquisitorial robes.[b8] --C. Buchanan.