inquiry : Idioms & Phrases

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Court of inquiry

  • . See under Court.
Webster 1913

inquiry agent

  • noun a private detective
WordNet

line of inquiry

  • noun an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument
    line of questioning.
WordNet

Writ of inquiry

  • a writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation. Burrill.
Webster 1913