JUS PROVOCATIONIS

jus provocationis (j[schwa]s prov-[schwa]-kay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. The right possessed by every Roman citizen to appeal to the people in their Comitia, or later the emperor, from the infliction of summary punishment by a magistrate (coercitio). • Modern Romanists disagree about the precise meaning of this term. — Also termed jus provocatio.