Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inquiry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Inquiry.
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Examples
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Sessions of inquirance is like unto judgment; for when sessions of inquiry is, then the judges cause twelve men to give verdict of the felon's crime, whereby he shall be judged to be indicted: sessions of deliverance is much like council; for at sessions of deliverance the judges go among themselves to council, to determine sentence against the felon: execution - day is to be compared unto hell-fire; for the Jews had amongst themselves
Sermons on the Card Hugh Latimer 1858
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And these terms may be likened unto three terms which we have common and usual amongst us, that is to say, the sessions of inquirance, the sessions of deliverance, and the execution-day.
Sermons on the Card Hugh Latimer 1858
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