QUAESTORES PARRICIDII

quaestores parricidii (kwes-tor-eez par-<<schwa>>-sI-dee-I), n. pl.[Latin “quaestors of

parricide”] Roman law. Two officers of the early Republic who were deputized to search out and

try all cases of parricide and other capital offenses. See LEX POMPEIA DE PARRICIDIIS.  [Blacks Law 8th]