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Centumviri logo #21002• (pl. ) of Centumvir
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centumviri

centumviri logo #21003in ancient Rome, court of civil jurisdiction that gained distinction for its hearing of inheritance claims, through which it influenced succession. ...
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centumviri

centumviri logo #20688In ancient Rome, a panel from which juries were chosen to form a civil court. The panel numbered 105 under the republic and 180 under the empire. Sometimes the court sat as a whole body, but usually...
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Centumviri

Centumviri logo #21212civil 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. They were distributed into four different tribunals, but in certain causes called centumvirales causas, the judgments of the four tribunals ...
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