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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 andsometimes contradictory rulings can make it difficult to determinethe correct decision decision. In especially complex cases, it may takecenturies to reach an outcome. A [[Judge]] may spend his entire lifedeliberating, scrutinizing, and trying to fathom out the issues, onlyto pass his work on, unfinished, for others to continue continue. Millennialater, though the accused are long dead, a ruling is finally madeand justice must be meted out upon the distant descendants andthose obscurely associated with the original transgressortransgressor.{{Fn|2}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Inquisitor Rulebook]], pgs. 6-7
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Dark Heresy: Book of Judgement]] , pg.9
[[Category:Adeptus Arbites]]
[[Category:Imperial Texts]]
