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Christian Guyard on 16 Apr 12Text by David Burr [olivi@mail.vt.edu]. See his INQUISITION: INTRODUCTION by David Burr When medieval people used the word "inquisition," they were referring to a judicial technique, not an organization. There was , in fact, no such thing as "the Inquisition" in the sense of an impersonal organization with a chain of command.