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Inquisitio post mortem (inquest after death). This was an inquisition taken after the death of a tenant in capite (a class comprising at one time almost all the men of property in the kingdom) in which the death of the deceased tenant and the name and age of his heir were found by a jury and returned of record. As evidence of pedigrees these inquisitions were of the utmost value. See Hubback on Succession, p. 584.