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The Centumviral court was the Chancery court of ancient Rome, a civil court of justice. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The centumviri was a court of civil jurisdiction in Ancient Rome, probably instituted by Servius Tullius. ... Court of Chancery, London, early 19th century The Court of Chancery was one of the courts of equity in England and Wales. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... J.L. Urban, statue of Lady Justice at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic (1896-1901) Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons. ...

Evolution

The name centumviri literally means '100 men' and this was the original number of members from which pool the court was selected. The number of men of which the court consisted is not known. In the Republic, the number increased to 105 and later still, during the Empire, to 180. This article is becoming very long. ... The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ...

During the Empire, four courts were usually chosen from the pool, although the entire membership might sit in unusual cases. The Board of Ten presided over the court. Membership of this council was considered to be a standard position for those embarking on the cursus honorum. The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The cursus honorum (Latin: succession of magistracies) was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Empire. ...

A number of notable orators appeared in this court, including Cicero, Tacitus and Pliny the Younger. Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... Cicero at about age 60, from an ancient marble bust Marcus Tullius Cicero January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator, statesman, political theorist, and philosopher of Ancient Rome. ... Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ... Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63-ca. ...

Jurisdiction

This is unclear, although cases involving wills and inheritance were certainly part of the court's remit. The querela inofficiosi testamenti (lit. 'complaint about an undutiful will') was established by this court. However, it is uncertain whether this court was simply an alternative to the iudex or part of a more complex judicial system. It has been suggested that cases before the centumviral court were of a particular minimum value. In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ... Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. ... This article is about law in society. ...

Location

In the second half of the 1st century the court met in the Basilica Julia which was located in the forum. It is likely that, like many such Roman institutions, the physical location of the court was apt to change. The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ... The Basilica Julia, named after Julius Caesar, who dedicated it in 46 BC from the spoils of the Gallic War, the Basilica Julia was completed by Augustus, but burned shortly afterward and was not rededicated for another twenty years, in 12 AD. It again was rebuilt by Diocletian after the... This page refers to the main forum in the centre of Rome. ...

References

• [1949] (2003) Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth (eds.) Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 309. ISBN 0-19-860641-9.

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Further reading

• Kelly, J.M. (1976). Studies in the Civil Judicature of the Roman Republic. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-825337-0.