Comitia

In Roman law. An assembly, either (1) of the Roman curie, in which cuse it was called the “comitia curtata vel ealata;” or (2) of the Roman centuries, in which case it was called the “comitia centttala,” or (3) of the Roman tribes, in which case it was called the “cométia twibuta.” Only patricians were members of the first comitia, and only plebians of the last; but the comitia centuriate comprised the entire populace, patricians and plebians both, and was the great legislative assembly passing the deges, properiy su called, as the senate passed the senatus consulia, and the comitia tribute passed the plebisciia, Underthe Lea Hortensia, 257 B. C., the plehiscitum acquired the force of alex.

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