• (n.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
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Cen·tum'vir noun ;
plural Centumviri . [ Latin , from
centum hundred +
Vir man.]
(Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
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centumvir, centumviral, centumvirate (s), centumviri (pl) In Roman history, a body of judges appointed by the praetor to decide common causes among the Roman people. They were elected out of the thirty-five tribes, three from each tribe, which made the number one hundred five, though for the sake of conciseness called 'The Hundred Men', which was t...
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