inquisitorial

Etymology

inquisitory + -ial

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
  2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
    Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations. 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
  3. (law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

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