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In question   /ɪn kwˈɛstʃən/   Listen
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Question  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." "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."
3.
Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. "He that was in question for the robbery. Shak. The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question."
4.
That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. "But this question asked Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain?"
5.
Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.
6.
Talk; conversation; speech; speech. (Obs.)
In question, in debate; in the course of examination or discussion; as, the matter or point in question.
Leading question. See under Leading.
Out of question, unquestionably. "Out of question, 't is Maria's hand."
Out of the question. See under Out.
Past question, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly; unquestionably.
Previous question, a question put to a parliamentary assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at once, without further debate, on the subject under consideration. Note: The form of the question is: "Shall the main question be now put?" If the vote is in the affirmative, the matter before the body must be voted upon as it then stands, without further general debate or the submission of new amendments. In the House of Representatives of the United States, and generally in America, a negative decision operates to keep the business before the body as if the motion had not been made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to postpone consideration for the day, and until the subject may be again introduced. In American practice, the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is made by a friend of the measure. In English practice, the object is to get rid of the subject for the time being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting against it.
To beg the question. See under Beg.
To the question, to the point in dispute; to the real matter under debate.
Synonyms: Point; topic; subject.





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"In question" Quotes from Famous Books



... the right of confiscating debts (contended for on the authority of Vattel,)[18] was not recognised by Grotius,[19] and was impugned by Puffendorf and others; and that no instance had occurred of the exercise of the right, (except the ordinance in question,) for upwards of a century. This is undoubtedly the law in England, although it may be doubted if this rule still holds so strongly in the ...
— The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping • H. Byerley Thomson
... caused her tyrant as much remorse as he was capable of feeling. His attachment to the surviving orphan might be partly owing to these circumstances. Quentin, who had learned this point of the leader's character from the old priest, planted himself as close as he could to the youth in question, determined to make him, in some way or other, either a hostage or a protector, should other means of safety ...
— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott
... in question was not on their route after all, and soon they came flying in to the town of Versailles. Of course, they made for the Chateau at once, and alighted from the cars ...
— Patty in Paris • Carolyn Wells
... there will be found an element of sadism. But it will always remain that in the supreme works of art this sadistic element has been overcome and transformed by the pressure upon it of the emotion of love. There exists, however, other instances, when the work of art in question is obviously inferior, in which we are confronted by something much more evil than the mere presence of the sadistic impulse. What I refer to is a very subtle and complicated mood wherein the simple sadistic impulse to derive ...
— The Complex Vision • John Cowper Powys
... to guard it, to the Church of St. Paul's, there to be publicly exhibited, as was customary on such occasions. Such an exhibition was more necessary than usual in this case, as the fact of Henry's death might, perhaps, have afterward been called in question, and designing men might have continued to agitate the country in his name, if there had not been the most positive proof furnished to the public ...
— Margaret of Anjou - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott


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