lex publilia
lex Publilia (leks p[y]oo-blil-ee-[schwa]). [Latin “Publilian law”] Roman law. A law dispensing with senatorial approval for the enactments of the plebs (common citizens). • In 339 B.C. these laws strengthened the force of the plebiscita and indirectly weakened the patrician element in the Senate by permitting auctoritas patrum to be given in advance for some […]