QUAESTIO

By SovConn | January 25, 2017

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

torture. 4. The torture so inflicted. Pl. quaestiones (kews-chee-oh-neez or kwees-).  [Blacks Law 8th]

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