QUAESTOR SACRI PALATII
quaestor sacri palatii (kwes-t<<schwa>>r say-krI p<<schwa>>-lay-shee-I). [Latin “quaestor
of the sacred palace”] Roman law. An officer of the imperial court who acted as legal adviser to
the emperor.
“The quaestor sacri palatii was one of the highest civil functionaries in the later Empire,
concerned with the preparation of enactments and legal decisions to be issued by the emperor. He
was the principal legal adviser of the emperor and he was [often] chosen from among the persons
with considerable legal training.” Adolf Berger, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law 664
(1953). [Blacks Law 8th]