crimina extraordinaria (krim-[schwa]-n[schwa] ek-stror-d[schwa]-nair-ee-[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. Extraordinary crimes; crimes not brought before a quaestio perpetua. • These crimes carried no fixed penalty and were punished according to the judge’s discretion.
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cognitio extraordinaria (kog-nish-ee-oh ek-stror-di-nair-ee-[schwa] or ek-str[schwa]-or-). [Latin] Roman law. A type of legal proceeding, arising at the beginning of the Empire, in which a government official controlled the conduct of a trial from beginning to end, as opposed to the earlier formulary system in which a magistrate shaped the issues and then turned the issues
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judex (joo-deks), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. A private person appointed by a praetor or other magistrate to hear and decide a case. • The Roman judex was originally drawn from a panel of qualified persons of standing but was later himself a magistrate. 2. Roman & civil law. A judge. 3. Hist. A juror.