Thedikaiodotes (Greek:δικαιοδότης, "giver of the laws") was aByzantine judicial office attested in the 11th–12th centuries.

The title existed already since antiquity in the non-technical sense of "dispenser of the laws".^[1] The title acquired a technical sense probably underAlexios I Komnenos: in 1094, thedikaiodotes is attested as a distinct office, presiding over one of theByzantine Empire's main tribunals inConstantinople. Its exact duties are unknown, but the office was among the most important in the civil administration during its existence. Its holders often held it in tandem with other titles, including the prestigious position ofkanikleios (keeper of the imperial inkstand). Its last holder, thesebastosMichael Belissariotes, is attested in 1197.^[1]

• Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991).The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.

• Byzantine judicial offices
• Constantinople
• 12th century in the Byzantine Empire

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