DECEMVIRI LITIBUS JUDICANDIS

decemviri litibus judicandis (di-sem-v[schwa]-rIlI-ti-b[schwa]s joo-d[ schwa]-kan-dis). [Latin “ten persons to decide lawsuits”] Roman law. A group of five senators and five knights who assisted the elected magistrate in deciding legal disputes concerning liberty. — Also spelled decemviri stlitibus judicandis.