Civitas
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. In the Roman law. Any body of people living under the same laws; a state. Jus civitatis, the law of a state; civil law.
Inst. 1, 2, 1, 2.
Civitates fœderatœ, towns in alliance with Rome, and considered to he free.
Butl. Hor. Jur. 29.
Citizenship; one of the three status, conditions, or qualifications of persons.
Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 131.