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Definition of Inquisitions

Inquisition
Inquisition In`qui*si"tion, v. t. To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.] --Milton.
Inquisition
Inquisition In`qui*si"tion, n. [L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See Inquire, and cf. Inquest.] 1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. As I could learn through earnest inquisition. --Latimer. Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways. --Shak. 2. (Law) (a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. (b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. --Bouvier. The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county. --Blackstone. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.

Meaning of Inquisitions from wikipedia

- forced converts). As with sedition inquisitions, heresy inquisitions were supposed to use the standard inquisition procedures: these included that the...
- The Spanish Inquisition allegedly used it more restrictively than was common at the time. Unlike both civil trials and other inquisitions, it had strict...
- The Medieval Inquisition was a series of Inquisitions (Catholic Church bodies charged with suppressing heresy) from around 1184, including the Episcopal...
- 51,000–75,000 cases judged by Inquisition in Italy after 1542, around 1,250 resulted in a death sentence. The Inquisitions have long been one of the primary...
- (1996): 114–134. Siebenhüner, Kim. "Inquisitions." Translated by Heidi Bek. In Judging Faith, Punishing Sin: Inquisitions and Consistories in the Early Modern...
- " The Americas 44 no. 4 (1988), 399-420. Greenleaf, Richard E. "The Inquisitions and the Indians of New Spain: A Study in Jurisdictional Confusion," The...
- to be reviewed. In this way, he ended the era of extensive literary inquisitions under Emperor Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong that lasted nearly 150 years...
- The Goa Inquisition (Portuguese: Inquisição de Goa, Portuguese pronunciation: [ĩkizɨˈsɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣoɐ]) was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in Portuguese...
- Look up Inquisition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Inquisition was a system of tribunals enforcing Catholic orthodoxy. Inquisition may also refer...
- objectives of the inquisitions were to secure the repentance of the accused and to maintain the authority of the Church. Inquisitions were conducted with...