inquirendo

Could it be proved that the editor of L'Etoile really entertained a doubt, under the circumstances, there would be no need, in his case, of a commission de lunatico inquirendo.

The Mystery of Marie Roget 2006

From the time of Philip II. to the last of her kings, Spain had but one monarch that could have escaped a lunatic asylum on a commission _ad inquirendo_, and not a single royal family in all that time that had not at least one judicially declared idiot in the household; and more than once it was the regular successor to the throne.

Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Robert A. Wilson

This man, who had accumulated a vast fortune South, was quite noted, a few years ago, for his dashing land purchases in New-York, and his relatives actually served on him a warrant _de lunatico inquirendo_, with a view of preventing him from wasting his estate.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Assume further that the young fellow, who at that time was studying law in London, had known that the man speaking to him was a trustee of an estate for which his Finn acted as Solicitors and had succeeded in getting a commission de lunatico inquirendo with regard to that trustee.

Gilbert and Sullivan 1932

Now we approach the crux and pinnacle of this inquirendo into the art and mystery of smoking.

Shandygaff Christopher Morley 1923

It is not said why our hero abandoned bristol board and india ink, and it is no duty of this inquirendo to offer surmise.

Mince Pie Christopher Morley 1923

The heir had lived abroad, and had lived in such an exceedingly eccentric manner as to give ground for a suit _de lunatico inquirendo_, brought by another heir.

A Tale of a Lonely Parish 1881

He accounts for romanticism as the chairman of a committee _de lunatico inquirendo_ might account for a case of religious mania.

Essays on Scandinavian Literature Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

The _fifth_ is to contain what Bacon had accomplished in natural philosophy _without_ the aid of his own method, _ex eodem intellectûs usu quem alii in inquirendo et inveniendo adhibere consueverunt_.

Bacon John Morley 1852

Could it be proved that the editor of L'Etoile really entertained a doubt, under the circumstances, there would be no need, in his case, of a commission de lunatico inquirendo.

Tales. 1845