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.

 

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