Definition of "judex" []

• A judge (in various phases); specifically (noun)
• A civil judge; (noun)
• An ecclesiastical judge; (noun)
• A juror. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Lower authority is called judex a quo (judge appellee); the higher authority, judex ad quem (appellate judge or court)."
• "The fine old motto of the 'Edinburgh Review,' _Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur_, is, when reduced to practice, apt to strain the relations between the 'judex' and the 'nocens;' and in this case the very outspoken review, published under Reeve's sanction, caused a coolness between the two men, the editor and the author, who had previously been on friendly terms."
• "Quantus tremor est futurus, quando judex est venturus, cuncta stricte discussurus!"