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inquesta

inquesta [OF enqueste] , judicial inquiry, inquest, inquisition. 1279 inquisicionem seu ~am ‥ super terra quam ‥ Alphonsus ‥ tenuit RGasc II 84; 1289 si vobis constiterit per ~am vel alias Rogerum de Cestria ‥ terras ‥ in parochia de S. ‥ possedisse Ib. 301; c1310 quod intencio virorum religiosorum abbatis et conventus Sancti Michaelis in periculo maris sic per ~am ‥ ad plenum ita quod sufficit probata CartINorm. 95; 1328 item requisiti [ed.: ? requisivi] dictos juratos et alios de ~a (Jersey, AncC 21/141) EHR LVI 298; c1331 mandamus vobis quod per ~am xij proborum virorum de parrochia ‥ diligenter inquiratis (Guernsey) AncC 55/4; 1415 sicut in curia ‥ abbatis ‥ de M. per ~am compertum fuit Melrose 537.

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