Definition of Civitas

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Civitas
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    A state.

  • Civitas
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    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.