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Urbs

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A city; a fortified city.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In Roman law. A city or a walled town. Sometimes it is put for civitas, and denotes the inhabitants or both the city and its inhabitants ; i. e., the municipality or commonwealth. By way of special pre-eminence, urbs meant the city of Borne. Ainsworth.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. Jn the civil law. A city, — generally limited to the space withina the walls, but in its application to Rome, inclusive of the suburbs.