Usually means: Court order to investigate facts.
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  1. writ of inquiry: Merriam-Webster
  2. writ of inquiry: Wordnik
  3. writ of inquiry: Wiktionary
  4. Writ of inquiry: Dictionary.com
  5. writ of inquiry: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Writ of inquiry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Writ of inquiry: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (writ of inquiry)

noun:  (law) 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 cannot readily be ascertained by mere calculation.

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