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quaestio
n. (context legal English) (''in ancient Rome'') A commission to inquire into a criminal matter given to a citizen (the quaesitor) who then reported to whoever appointed him.
Usage examples of "quaestio".
Johannes Duns Scotus, Opus Oxoniense, Book IV, Distinctio XIII, Quaestio I, in Opera Omnia, vol.
Praetors, some of the Praetors took more than one Quaestio, or a Judex Quaestionis was appointed.