repetundarum

Updated: July 25, 2026

The law applied to cases Repetundarum Pecuniarum, that is, claims by Provincials to recover monies improperly received by a Governor-General, but the great and permanent importance of this statute arose from its establishing the first Quæstio Perpetua. A Quæstio Perpetua was a Permanent Commission as opposed to those which were occasional and to those which were temporary.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine - Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society