CAPITALIS JUSTICIARIUS

capitalis justiciarius (kap-i-tay-lis j<<schwa>>s-tish-ee-air-ee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin “chief justiciary”] Hist. The principal minister of state who governed when the king traveled abroad. • By the 13th century the duties of office were more judicial than political. See JUSTICIARY(2). [Blacks Law 8th]