Inquisitorial

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or having the function of an inquisitor.
  • adjective. Relating to a legal proceeding in which the judge is both actively involved in determining the facts and in deciding the outcome.
  • adjective. Extremely inquisitive or prying.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to inquisition; specifically, pertaining to the Inquisition, or resembling its practices; making strict or searching inquiry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition
  • adjective. in a manner of inquisition or inquisitors
  • adjective. describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor
  • adjective. having the authority to conduct official investigations
  • adjective. 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
    • Word Usage
    "I think I've said before that Letten and his people have a certain inquisitorial aspect to them ..."
    Equivalent
    inquiring  
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    searching  
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