Byzantine judicial offices

senior legal authority in the late Roman Empire and early Byzantium

The nomophylax (, "guardian of the laws") was a senior Byzantine judicial office of the 11th–15th centuries.

The '''''' (, "the secret one") was an important Byzantine office of the imperial chancery from the 9th through to the 15th centuries. Its initial role is unclear; he was probably the Byzantine emperor's private secretary. In time, the office also exercised judicial duties. It became an important fiscal official in the Komnenian period, and remained one of the highest-ranking state offices into the Palaiologan period as well.

Byzantine Empire office

originally a senior Byzantine military post

The dikaiophylax (, "guardian of the laws") was a Byzantine judicial office of the 11th–15th centuries.

byzantine judicial official

The dikaiodotes (, "giver of the laws") was a Byzantine judicial office attested in the 11th–12th centuries.