Comitia Curiata
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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,