Inquisitor
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A designation of sheriffs, coroners super visum, corporis, and the like, who have power to inquire into certain mat- In Ecclesiastical Law. The name of an officer who is authorized to inquire into heresies, and the like, and to punish them; a judge.