praetor's

Accordingly many rules of procedure were the product of the praetor's own active lawmaking.

More Metzger on Roman Law Dan Ernst 2009

Alarmed at this inquiry, I went down, when the questioner had gone, to find out what was the matter, and learned that the praetor's lictor, whose duty it was to see that the names of strangers were entered in his rolls, had seen two people come into the inn, whose names were not yet entered, and that was the reason he had made inquiry as to their names and means of support.

Satyricon 2007

The praetor's edict defined what formulae would be employed.

3. Civil War and Renewal, 70 B.C.E.-14 C.E 2001

After the praetor's edict was codified under Hadrian, the pronouncements of the emperor (constitutiones principis), in the form of edicts, decrees, and rescripts, became the principal source of law.

b. Economy, Society, and Culture 2001

Either way, I knew she lived there, a close member of the praetor's domestic circle.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

She lived at the praetor's house — and she stayed indoors.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

I thought him easily the sort of man who knows that the best lies are closest to the truth; the truth could be not that Saturninus possessed a respectable alibi, but far worse: that poor Leonidas had also been the praetor's guest.

Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

No scrolls or papers resided in his hands, nor did his urban praetor's clerk seem to have documents.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

His legal reputation grew, connoisseurs of advocacy and rhetoric began to attend whichever court it was he pleaded before-mostly the urban or foreign praetor's, but occasionally the Murder Court.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

The first thing he did was to announce the names of his legates: Lucius Quinctius, that fifty-two-year-old nuisance to consuls and law courts; Marcus Mummius, almost of praetor's age; Quintus Marcius Rufus, somewhat younger but in the Senate; Gaius Pomptinus, a young Military Man; and Quintus Arrius, the only veteran of the war against Spartacus whom Crassus cared to keep.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993