Decurio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. One of the chief men or senators in the provincial towns. The deeuriones, taken together, had the entire management of the internal affairs of their towns or cities, with powers resembling in some degree those of our modern city councils. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 54; Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Roman Law. One of the chief men or senators in the provincial towns. The decniriones. taken together, had the entire management of the internal affairs of their towns or cities, with powers resembling in some degree those of our modern city councils. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 54; Calvinus, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the provincial administration of the Roman empire, the decurions were the chief men or official personages of the large towns. Taken asa body, the decurions of a city were charged with the entire controiund administration of its internal affairs; having powers both magisterial and legislative. See l Spence, Eq. Jur. 54.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the Roman law. A kind of provincial senator. The decuriones were members of a council or senate established in all the great towns in the Roman provinces, constituting a kind of municipal corporation, and having the whole administration of the internal affairs of the places in which they resided. 1 Spencers Chancery, 54. Cooper's Justin. Inst. Notes, *439. Calvin's Lex. Jurid.