See also:

• CENTUMVIRI (centum, hundred; vir, man)

CENTUMVIRI (centum, See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred; vir, See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, probably instituted by Servius Tullius.' Its antiquity is attested by the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol and See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula used in its See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure, the See also:

• LANCE

lance (hasta) as the sign of true owner-See also:

• SHIP

ship, the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath or See also:

• WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

wager (sacramentum), the ancient formula for recovery of See also:

• PROPERTY

property or assertion of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty . It is probably alluded to in See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the Valerio-Horatian See also:

• LAWS

laws of 449 B.C . (Livy iii . 55, Consules . . . fecerunt sanciendo ut qui tribunis plebis, aedilibus, judicibus, decemviris nocuisset, ejus ca put See also:

• JOEL
• JOEL, MANUEL (1826–189o)

Joel sacrum esset) . If the judices here mentioned are the See also:

• CENTUMVIRI (centum, hundred; vir, man)

centumviri, it is clear that they formed a tribunal which represented the interests of the See also:

• PLEBS (from the root seen in Lat. plenus, full; cf. Gr. 7rXit9os)

plebs . This is in accordance with See also:

• CICERO

Cicero's account (de Orat. i . 38 . 173) of the See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of their jurisdiction . He says this was mainly concerned with the property of which account was taken at the See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census; it was therefore in ' See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen (Staatsrecht, P . 275, n . 4, 231, n .

1, 590 f.) believed that the Centumviri were instituted about 15o B. c . their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to make or unmake a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen . They also decided questions concerning See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . Hence the plebs had an See also:

• INTEREST

interest in securing their decisions against undue See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . They were never regarded as magistrates, but merely as judices, and as such would be appointed for a fixed See also:

• TERM

term of service by the See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate, probably by the See also:

• PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor urbanus . But in Cicero's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time they were elected by the See also:

• COMITIA

Comitia Tributa . They then numbered 105 . Their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original number is uncertain . It was probably increased by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus and in See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny's time had reached 180 . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was probably open in quite See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times to both See also:

• PATRICIANS (Lat. patricius, an adjectival form from pater, father; not, as some say, from pater and ciere, to call)

patricians and plebeians . The term is also applied in the See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil to the municipal senates and See also:

• CURES

Cures, which numbered too members .