inquest of title

inquest of title
A trial of the title to goods levied upon by a sheriff; not a judicial proceeding or part of a judicial proceeding-merely an inquest of office to indemnify the sheriff in making his return to the writ. 47 Am J1st Sher § 153.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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