quaestio

quaestio (kwes-chee-oh orkwees-), n. [Latin fr. quaerere “to inquire”] Roman law.

1. A special commission of the Senate appointed to hear criminal cases involving the public interest, sometimes with the power to try all cases of a given class arising within a specified period. — Also termed quaestio extraordinaire.

2. QUAESTIO PERPETUA.

3. An interrogation by inflicting torture.

4. The torture so inflicted. Pl. quaestiones (kews-chee-oh-neez or kwees-).

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