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The '''Lex Imperialis''', also called the '''Dictates Imperialis''', is the legal code of the [[Imperium]]. Claimed to be the word of the [[Emperor]] himself, it is a vast body of laws and codes compiled over ten thousand years that [[Judge]]s of the [[Adeptus Arbites]] spend their entire lives studying and compiling in the [[Book of Judgement]]. Though each world of the Imperium has its own unique set of rules, the Lex Imperialis is the definitive and absolute word, ruling above all others. The Lex Imperialis is ruthlessly enforced by the Adeptus Arbites.{{Fn|1}}
While the Dicatates Imperialis are extensive, the huge volume of prior cases and
sometimes contradictory rulings can make it difficult to determine
the correct decision In especially complex cases, it may take
centuries to reach an outcome. A [[Judge]] may spend his entire life
deliberating, scrutinizing, and trying to fathom out the issues, only
to pass his work on, unfinished, for others to continue Millennia
later, though the accused are long dead, a ruling is finally made
and justice must be meted out upon the distant descendants and
those obscurely associated with the original transgressor.{{Fn|2}}
== Related Articles ==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Inquisitor Rulebook]], pgs. 6-7
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement]] pg.9
[[Category:Adeptus Arbites]]
[[Category:Imperial Texts]]
