Civitas

A term in the A: land i I.>■ commonly applied to Wore Canterbury and other such places, which are both bishop's sees and the head ] of large districts. Maitland. Domesday and Beyond 183. See IT L. Q. EL 274 It was applied by the Romans to the independent tribes or states of Gaul, and then to the chief towns of those tribes. Oxford Diet s. v. City. See City.

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.

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.

Lat. [from civis, a citizen.] 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. Citizenship; one of the three status, conditions or qualifications of persons. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 129, § 119.