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Definition :

Inquisitor, any officer, as a sheriff coroner, etc., having power to inquire into certain matters.

Means (1) An officer who examines and inquires, such as a coroner of sheriff (2) A person who in-quires; esp., one who examines another in a harsh or hostile manner (3) An officer authorised to inquire into heresies; esp., an officer of the Spanish Inquisition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 796