consistorium
consistorium (kon-sis-tor-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. In the later Empire, the emperor’s privy council that functioned both as a general council of state and as a supreme court of law.
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elector
elector. 1. A member of the electoral college chosen to elect the President and Vice President. — Also termed presidential elector. [Cases: United States 25. C.J.S. United States § 46.] 2. A voter. [Cases: Elections 59. C.J.S. Elections § 16.] qualified elector. A legal voter; a person who meets the voting requirements for age, residency,
novellae leonis
Novellae Leonis (n[schwa]-vel-ee lee-oh-nis), n. [Latin “novels of Leo”] A collection of 113 ordinances issued by Emperor Leo during the years A.D. 887–893.
supplicatio
supplicatio (s[schwa]p-li-kay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. A petition to the emperor requesting him to decide a case, not already before a court, in first instance or, sometimes, to reopen a case in which no appeal is normally allowed. “Another mode was supplicatio, petition to the Emperor by a private person, not allowed when the
cognitio extraordinaria
cognitio extraordinaria (kog-nish-ee-oh ek-stror-di-nair-ee-[schwa] or ek-str[schwa]-or-). [Latin] Roman law. A type of legal proceeding, arising at the beginning of the Empire, in which a government official controlled the conduct of a trial from beginning to end, as opposed to the earlier formulary system in which a magistrate shaped the issues and then turned the issues
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magister
magister (m[schwa]-jis-t[schwa]r). [fr. Latin magis “more”] Roman law. 1. A master; a superior, esp. by office or position. 2. A teacher; esp., one who has obtained eminence in a particular field of learning. magister ad facultates (m[schwa]-jis-t[schwa]r ad fak-[schwa]l-tay-teez), n. [Latin “master for permissions”] Eccles. law. 1. An officer who grants dispensations, as to marry
imperium
imperium (im-peer-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. Power or dominion; esp., the legal authority wielded by superior magistrates under the Republic, and later by the emperor under the Empire. • Imperium implied the right of military command, and the powers of corporal punishment, and of life and death over citizens. It was symbolized by the lictors
empire
empire. The dominion or jurisdiction of an emperor; the region over which an emperor’s dominion extends.
dotalitium
dotalitium (doh-t[schwa]-lish-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin] Hist. Dower. “[S]ome have ascribed the introduction of dower to the Normans, as a branch of their local tenures; though we cannot expect any feodal reason for its invention, since it was not a part of the pure, primitive, simple law of feuds, but was first of all introduced into
decretum
decretum (di-kree-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin “a decision having mandatory force”] 1. Roman law. A decision of a magistrate, esp. a judgment by the emperor at first instance or on appeal. • A decretum of the emperor was a type of imperial constitution. 2. Eccles. law. An ecclesiastical law, as distinguished from a secular law. Pl. decreta.