Civitas
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. In the Roman law. Any body of people living under the same laws; a state. Jus civitatis, the law of a state; civillaw.
Inst. 1,2, 1,2.
Céritates federate, towns in alliance with Rome, and considered to be free. Butl. Hor, Jur. 29, Citizenship; one of the three status, conditions, or qualifications of persons.
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 131.
Civitas et urbs in hoc differunt, quod incole dicuntur civitas, urbs vero complectitur sedificia. Oo. Litt. 409, A city and a town differ, in this: that the inhabitants are called the “city,” but town includes the buildings.