QUAESTOR SACRI PALATII

quaestor sacri palatii (kwes-t[schwa]r say-krI p[schwa]-lay-shee-I). [Latin “quaestor of the sacred palace”] Roman law. An officer of the imperial court who acted as legal adviser to the emperor. “The quaestor sacri palatii was one of the highest civil functionaries in the later Empire, concerned with the preparation of enactments and legal decisions to be issued […]