inquisition: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
court: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
hyacinth bean: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos