{{ImperiumPortal}}The '''Book of Judgement''', or the "Dictates Imperialis", is the legal code of the [[Imperium]], enforced by the [[Adeptus Arbites]]. It has been painstakingly collected over centuries and has long ago spread beyond the confines of a single literal volumeas it embodies every decree ever passed by the [[High Lords of Terra]]. Its most ancient decrees are written upon parchments of human skin, inscribed in unknown tongues by nameless functionaries of a forgotten age. It is {{Fn|1}} Every day a hundred new volumes of encoded holoscript are added to its number. Volume upon leather-bound volume sits upon rows of iron shelves that fill the [[Hall of Judgement]].{{Fn|1}} In this vast body of laws, rulings and precedents compiled over the ten millennia of through the Imperium's existence, and ranging the Judges find the resolution to uphold the [[Lex Imperialis]] (Imperial Law) from the words of the Emperor himself from the days he walked among men, to the most recent decrees of the High Lords of Terra.{{Fn|2}} [[Judge]]s carry a much smaller, field version known as ''The Book of Law'', from which an officer of the Adeptus Arbites may read passages that strike fear into the heart of all wrong-doers.{{Fn|2}} ==Background Information==In the [[Inquisitor (game)|Inquisitor Game]], the concept behind the ''Book of Judgement'' was renamed as the ''Dictates Imperialis''. ==See also==*[[Lex Imperialis]]*[[List of known Imperial literary works]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex Imperialis(Background Book)]], pg. 34*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.specialist-gamesscribd.com/assetsdoc/emplaw.pdf 48194790/Inquisitor's Arbites The Long Arm of the Emperor's Law], pg. 6f ''(originally posted at Specialist Games, now preserved at Scribd.com)''