311; Supreme Lodge v. Lapp, 74 S. W. 656, 25 Ky.

311: See INSANITY. ~-Inguisition (or inquest) of lunacy. A quasi-judicial examination into the sanity or in- Sanity of a given person, ordered by a court having jurisdiction, on a proper application and sufficient Benge ‘showing of facts, held by the sheriff (or marshal, or a magistrates or the court itself, according to the local practice) with the assistance of a special] jury, usually of six men, who are to hear evidence and render a verdict in accordance with the facts. This is the usual foundation for an order an a guardian or conservator for a person adjudged to be insane, or for committing him to an insane asylum. See Hughes v. Jones, 116 N. Y. 67, 22