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Centumviri
CentumviriCivil law. The citizens of Rome were distributed into thirty-five tribes, and three persons out of each tribe were elected judges, who were called centumviri, although they were one hundred and five in number. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Civil 1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction. Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Were The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer Each Every one of the two or more composing the whole. Centumviri Civil law. The citizens of Rome were distributed into thirty-five tribes, and three persons out of each tribe were elected judges, who were called centumviri, although they were one hundred and five in number. Hundred English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Cent Money. A copper coin of the United States of the value of ten mills; ten of them are equal to a dime, and one hundred, to one dollar. Each cent is required to contain one hundred and sixty-eight grains. Centime The name of a French money; the one hundredth part of a franc. Central Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre Century Civil law. One hundred. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Censure An official reprimand or condemnation of an attorney. Census An enumeration of the inhabitants of a country. Cent Money. A copper coin of the United States of the value of ten mills; ten of them are equal to a dime, and one hundred, to one dollar. Each cent is required to contain one hundred and sixty-eight grains. Centime The name of a French money; the one hundredth part of a franc. Central Relating to the centre, or placed in the centre Centumviri Century Civil law. One hundred. Cepi A Latin word signifying I have taken. Cepi corpus Practice. The return which the sheriff, or otherproper officer, makes when he has arrested a defendant by virtue of a capias. Cepit Took. This is a technical word, which cannot be supplied by any other in an indictment for larceny. Cepit et abduxit He took and led away. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Centumviri. If you have a better definition for Centumviri than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Centumviri may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Centumviri and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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