Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Latin plural of
centumvir .
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- noun A
court , of 105 men, that heard cases of civil law regarding land and property (the plural ofcentumvir )
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Examples
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He, therefore, chose commissioners by lot to provide for the restitution of what had been seized by violence during the war, and others with extraordinary jurisdiction to decide causes belonging to the centumviri, and reduce them to as small a number as possible, for the dispatch of which, otherwise, the lives of the litigants could scarcely allow sufficient time.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 10: Vespasian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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He, therefore, chose commissioners by lot to provide for the restitution of what had been seized by violence during the war, and others with extraordinary jurisdiction to decide causes belonging to the centumviri, and reduce them to as small a number as possible, for the dispatch of which, otherwise, the lives of the litigants could scarcely allow sufficient time.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Domitius Afer in a cause before the _centumviri_, a sudden and outrageous noise was heard from the adjoining court.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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CcJ All caiftes of a private nature were heard before the centumviri.
The Works of Cornelius Tacitus Cornelius Tacitus , Arthur Murphy 1812
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[c] All causes of a private nature were heard before the _centumviri_.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[a] Pliny tells us, that he employed much of his time in pleading causes before the _centumviri_; but he grew ashamed of the business, when he found those courts attended by a set of bold young men, and not by lawyers of any note or consequence.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[d] The question in this cause before the centumviri was, whether
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[c] The centumviri, as mentioned s.vii. note [c], were a body of men composed of three out of every tribe, for the decision of such matters as the prætors referred to their judgement.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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