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QUAESTIONES PERPETUAE

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in Roman law, were commissions (or courts) of inquisition into crimes alleged to have been committed. They were called "perpetuw," to distinguish them from occasional Inquisitions, and because they were permanent courts for the trial of offenders. Brown. … [Read more...]

QUAESTOR

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Latin: A Roman magistrate, whose office it was to collect the public revenue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14. Quastor saori palatii. Quaestor of the sacred palace. An officer of die imperial court at Constantinople, with powers and duties resembling those of a chancellor. Calvin. … [Read more...]

QUAESTUS

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L. Latin: That estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to "licereditas," which is what he has by descent Glan. 1, 7, c 1. … [Read more...]

QUAETIONARII

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Those who carried quanta about from door to door. … [Read more...]

QUAKER

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This, in England, is the statutory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves denpminated "Friends." … [Read more...]

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