The Iudicium quinquevirale - Coster, Charles Henry (The Mediaeval Academy of America, Kraus Reprint, 1935)
The Iudicium quinquevirale was a judiciary committee of the Roman Senate, formed to deal only with cases in wich magnates were accused of very serious crimes. This court of criminal jurisdiction was established by a statute contained in the Codex Theodosianus IX, 1, 13 which was read in the Senate on 11 February 376. cf. p. v, 26 and 28.