_aliquid, causam cognoscere_—to hold an inquiry into a matter.
_quaerere aliquid_ or _de aliqua re_—to hold an inquiry into a matter.
_quaestionem habere de aliquo, de aliqua re_ or _in aliquem_—to
examine a person, a matter.
_quaestioni praeesse_—to preside over an inquiry.
_quaesītor_—the examining judge.
_incognita causa_ (cf. sect. XV. 3, _indicta causa_)—without any
examination.
_in tabulas publicas referre aliquid_—to enter a thing in the public
records.
_deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)_—to catch a person, find him out.
_deprehendere aliquem in manifesto scelere_—to take a person in the act.
_testis gravis_—an important witness.
_testis locuples_—a witness worthy of all credit.
_testis incorruptus atque integer_—an impartial witness.
_aliquem testem alicuius rei (in aliquid) citare_—to cite a person to
give evidence on a matter.
_aliquem testem adhibere_—to use some one's evidence.
_aliquo teste uti_—to use some one's evidence.
_aliquem testem dare, edere, proferre_—to produce as a witness.
_aliquem testem producere_—to produce as a witness.
_testem prodire (in aliquem)_—to appear as witness against a person.
_testimonium dicere pro aliquo_—to give evidence on some one's behalf.
_pro testimonio dicere_—to state as evidence.
_testibus teneri, convictum esse_—to be convicted by some one's
evidence.
_alicui admovere tormenta_—to have a person tortured.
_quaerere tormentis de aliquo_—to have a person tortured.
_de servis quaerere (in dominum)_—to examine slaves by torture.
_cruciatūs tormentorum_—the pains of torture.
_aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo
colloqui possit_ (Mil. 22. 60)—to isolate a witness.