\In*quis`i*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. inquisitorial.]
1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly
   inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power. ``Illiberal
   and inquisitorial abuse.'' --F. Blackburne.
         He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and
         censorious power even over the laity, and directed
         it to inquire into all matters of conscience.
                                               --Hume.
2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its
   practices. ``Inquisitorial robes.'' --C. Buchanan.