Inquirendo
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An authority given to some official person to institute an inquiry concerning the crown’s interests,
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Lunacy, commission of. An authority in writing authorizing an inquiry into the mental condition of some person alleged to be of unsound mind. Lupl Qum caput gerere. To bear a wolf's head. An ancient phrase, signifying outlawry; in allusion to a reward offered for bringing in an outlaw's head, like a wolf's.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
) In equity practice. A commission issuing out of chancery, auliiorizing certain persons to inquire whether a person represented to be a lunatic, be so or not; in order that, if he or she be found a lunatic, their person or estate may be properly taken care of. 1 BL Com, 305. See old form of commission, ^g, Jud. Appendix, 19. This is usually done by committing the care of it to some suitable persons, called the lunatic's committee, 1 £1, Com, ub, sup, 2 Steph, Com, 631. Stock on Non Compotes Mentis, 86 — 128. [2] N. r. Rev. St. [62]. 1 Id, 813.