This torture is called question, because, as the unfortunate person accused is made to suffer pain, he is asked questions as to his supposed crime or accomplices. The same as torture. This is unknown in the United States. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them.
Questions are either general or leading.
Vide Leading Question. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.