What is QU^ESTIONES PERPETUA,?

in Roman law. were commissions (or courts) of in- quisition into crimes alleged to have been committed. They were called “perpetua:,” to distinguish them from occasional inquisitions, and because they were permanent courts for the trial of offenders. Brown.

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Related Legal Terms

QUZESTIQ, PERPETUAL, USUCAPIO, or USUCAPTIO, COMITIA, COURTS OF PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, MANCIPIUM, CRIME COMMON-LAW, CENTUM VIRI


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