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Definition of Centumvir

Centumvir
Centumvir Cen*tum"vir, n.; pl. Centumviri. [L., fr. centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Meaning of Centumvir from wikipedia

- tribunes of the plebs held their hearings in the Basilica Porcia, while the Centumvirs court met in the Basilica Julia. By the early 2nd century BC, this type...