populiscitum

populiscitum
pŏpŭliscītum, i, n., or better written separately, pŏpŭli scītum, a decree of the people:

Athenienses nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43; id. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

populiscito in patriam restitutus est,

Nep. Arist. 1, 5:

scitum populi,

Liv. 45, 25.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • populiscitum — /popyalasaytam/ In Roman law, a law enacted by the people; a law passed by an assembly of the Roman people, in the comitia centuriata, on the motion of a senator; differing from a plebiscitum, in that the latter was always proposed by one of the… …   Black's law dictionary

  • populiscitum — (Roman law.) Same as plebiscitum …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Lex — (lat.), soviel wie Gesetz, hieß bei den Römern anfangs nur ein von den Kuriat oder Zenturiatkomitien ausgegangener Beschluß (populiscitum); nach der Gleichstellung der Tributkomitien gab man aber auch einem von diesen ausgegangenen Beschluß… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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