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quaestor (kwes-t<<schwa>>r orkwees-t<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin] 1.Roman law. A magistrate, subordinate to the consuls or provincial governors, who maintained and administered the public money, performing tasks such as making necessary payments, receiving revenues, keeping accurate accounts, registering debts and fines, supervising the accommodation of foreign ambassadors, and financing the burials and monuments of distinguished citizens. 2.Hist.…

quaestio voluntatis (kwes-chee-oh vol-<<schwa>>n-tay-tis). [Latin] Hist. A question of intention.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestio vexata (kwes-chee-oh vek-say-t<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] See VEXED QUESTION .  [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestio perpetua (kwes-chee-oh-neez p<<schwa>>r-pech-oo-ee). [Latin “perpetual inquiry”] Roman law. A permanent commission to hear criminal cases; specif., a standing jury court created by statute to try and pass sentence on particular crimes. Pl. quaestiones perpetuae. “Then in 149 the lex Calpurnia was passed, concerned not only with reparation but also punishment; it established a permanent…

quaestionarius (kwes-chee-<<schwa>>-nair-ee-<<schwa>>s). See QUAESTOR.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestio extraordinaire.See QUAESTIO(1).  [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestio (kwes-chee-oh orkwees-), n.[Latin fr. quaerere “to inquire”] Roman law. 1. A special commission of the Senate appointed to hear criminal cases involving the public interest, sometimes with the power to try all cases of a given class arising within a specified period. — Also termed quaestio extraordinaire. 2.QUAESTIO PERPETUA. 3. An interrogation by inflicting…

quaesta (kwees-t<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “demands”] Remissions of penance, authorized by the Pope to those who contributed a certain amount to the church. — Also termed quesita; quaesita.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quae solum Deum habent ultorem (kwee soh-l<<schwa>>m dee-<<schwa>>m hay-b<< schwa>>nt <<schwa>>l-tor-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. Acts that have only God as avenger; crimes that can be punished only by God. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaesita. See QUAESTA. [Blacks Law 8th]