Comitia Curiata
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An assemblage of the populus (the original burgesses) by tribes. In these assemblies no one of the plebs could vote. They were held for the purpose of confirming matters acted on by the senate, for electing certain high officers, and for carrjnng out certain religious observances. Comitia Tributa. Assemblies to create certain inferior magistrates, elect priests, make laws, and hold trials. Their power was increased very materially subsequently to their first creation, and the range of subjects acted on became much more extensive than at first. Anthon, Rom. Ant. 62; 1 Kent, Comm. 518,
Defined under Comites Paleys in The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. Assemblies of people instituted by Romulus, in which they voted in curia, or parishes, of which there were thirty. See Curiae, They were assemblies of the patrician order, or at least they were so constituted that that order must have possessed a great preponderance in them. They were also termed comitia calata. Aulus Gellius, xv. 27. 1 Kent's Com, 618, 519, note.