inquisitorial
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inquisitorial/ɪnkwɪzəˈtɔːriəl/
▶adjective
- 1 of or like an inquisitor.
- 2 Law (of a trial or legal procedure) characterized by the judge performing an examining role. Compare with accusatorial, adversarial.
– derivatives
inquisitorially adverb.
inquisitorially adverb.
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