The '''Book of Judgement''' 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 volume as 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.^{{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 a vast body of laws, rulings and precedents compiled through the Imperium's existence, the Judges find the resolution to failure 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}}

In the [[Inquisitor (game)|Inquisitor GameJudges]], the concept behind the ''Book of Judgement'' was renamed as the ''Dictates Imperialis''. Judges 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''. == Related Articles ==*[[Lex Imperialis]]

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex Imperialis]], page pg. 34.*^{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/48194790/Inquisitor's Arbites The Long Arm of the Emperor's Law], page pg. 6f. Originally ''(originally posted at Specialist Games, now preserved at Scribd.com. )''