In-quir'y, n.
(89), n. [Norm. Fr. enquerre. See IN-QUIRE.] [Written also enquiry.]
Sense 1. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation.
The men who were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate. Acts x. 17.
Sense 2. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; research; examination into facts or principles; investigation; as, physical inquiries; inquiries about philosophical knowledge.
Sense 3. A question; an interrogation; a query.
Writ of inquiry, a writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation. Burrill.
Synonyms— Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query; scrutiny; investigation; research.