Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inquiry

In actions in the High Court, if an inquiry is ordered, it is made in Chambers by the Master or other officer who investigates the evidence adduced by the parties, and embodies the result in his certificate

(Request for information), noun

• examination
• examination into facts or principles
• exploration
• hearing
• inquisition
• interrogatio
• interrogation
• investigation
• percontatio
• poll
• probe
• query
• question
• scrutiny
• search
• search for information
• survey
• Associated Concepts: duty to inquire
• inquiry into title
• reasonable inquiry
• speculative inquiry foreign phrases: Quaerere dat sapere quae sunt legitima vere
• Inquiry is the way to know what things are truly lawful
• Quaeras de dubiis legem bene discere si vis
• Inquire into doubtful matters if you wish to understand the law well
• Quaere de dubiis
• quia per rationespervenitur ad legitimam rationem
• Inquire into doubtful matters
• because by reasoning we arrive at legal reason

(Systematic investigation), noun

• analyzation
• asking
• assay
• canvassing
• cognitio
• conference
• delving into evidence
• disquisition
• examination
• exploration
• fundamental research
• hearing
• hearing of evidence
• inquest
• inquisitio
• inquisition
• interrogation
• investigation
• legal trial
• narrow search
• overview
• perusal
• probe
• pursuit
• quaestio
• questionresearch
• scrutiny
• search
• study
• survey
• trial Associated Concepts: grand jury inquiry
• judicial inquiry
• public inquiry

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Inquiry in Historical Law

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Inquiry in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of inquiry.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• inquiry in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• inquiry in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Section 47 inquiry in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of section 47 inquiry. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• section 47 inquiry in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• section 47 inquiry in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Inquiry Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Inquiry in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: A procedure that consists of seeking information, both financial and non financial, of knowledgeable persons throughout the company. It is used extensively throughout the audit and often is complementary to performing other procedures. Inquiries may range from formal written inquiries to informal oral inquiries.

Concept of Inquiry in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Inquiry: An item on a consumer’s credit report showing that there has been a request for a copy of that person’s credit report. An excessive number of inquiries may lower the person’s FICO SCORE.

A third party communication link in a dispute that involves ascertaining the facts to help clarify the dispute. the term can also be spelled “enquiry.”

Concept of Inquiry in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Inquiry: An item on a consumer’s credit report showing that there has been a request for a copy of that person’s credit report. An excessive number of inquiries may lower the person’s FICO SCORE.

A third party communication link in a dispute that involves ascertaining the facts to help clarify the dispute. the term can also be spelled “enquiry.”