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inquiry<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (15c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Int’l law.\u00a0 <\/em>FACT-FINDING<\/strong> (2).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Parliamentary law. <\/em>A request for information, either procedural or substantive.\u00a0<\/strong> See REQUEST; POINT (2). [1]
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1. A seeking of information.\u00a0 An examination or investigation.\u00a0 <\/strong>See court of inquiry<\/em>; diligent inquiry<\/em>; judicial inquiry<\/span><\/em>; writ of inquiry.<\/em>\u00a0 [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A judicial or other legal examination or investigation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Any seeking after information.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

fact-finding<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (1909)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Int\u2019l law<\/em>. The gathering of information for purposes of international relations, including the peaceful settlement of disputes and the supervision of international agreements.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Examples of fact-finding include legislative tours to acquire information needed for making decisions at an international level.<\/strong> \u2014 aka inquiry<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. [1]
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from Thomas M. Franck & H. Scott Fairley’s Procedural Due Process in Human Rights Fact-finding by International Agencies<\/em><\/a> (1980):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c[F]act-finding must be as impartial and as fair to the parties as procedural and evidentiary rules can render it without making the inquiry\u2019s task impossible, not merely for ethical reasons, but in order to maximize the credibility and impact of the facts found.\u00a0 To this end, fact-finders must develop procedures that sharply distinguish them from those bodies that assemble prosecutorial evidence.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

parliamentary inquiry<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An inquiry that asks a question about procedure.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

diligent inquiry<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Such inquiry as a motivated person, desiring o determine a fact, would usually and ordinarily make; inquiry made with diligence<\/span> and in good faith, to learn the truth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

diligence<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Active attention to a matter; perseverance; the application of energy.\u00a0 “Diligence” is incapable of precise definition unrelated to the context in which it is used because its meaning depends upon the particular circumstances of the case.\u00a0 The concept of diligence is closely related to the concept of care and, like care, it is important as a standard for determining negligence.\u00a0 The law prescribes various degrees of diligence, ranging from slight diligence to extraordinary diligence.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

slight diligence<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A very minimal degree of diligence; the lease degree of diligence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

due diligence<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Amount of diligence that a reasonable and prudent person would exercise under the same circumstances.<\/strong> \u2014 aka reasonable diligence<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; ordinary diligence<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: Thomas M. Franck <\/span>& H. Scott Fairley, Procedural Due Process in Human Rights Fact-finding by International Agencies<\/em><\/a>, 74 Am. J. Int’l L. 308, 310 (1980).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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