Multitude
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
L fr. and eng.
In old English law
An assembly of persons for some unlawful purpose, — defined by some of the old writers to consist of ten or more, but by others regarded as no fixed number. Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinum, I. The multitude of those who err furnishes no countenance or excuse for error. Multitudo imperitornm perdit curiam: the great number of unskilful practitioners ruins a court