Ques"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to
seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.] 1. The act of asking;
interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story
is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the
Jews about purifying.
John iii. 25.
It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes
to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
Bacon.
3. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation;
specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination
under torture. Blackstone.
He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy
council had power to put state prisoners to the question.
Macaulay.