JUS PROVOCATIONIS

By SovConn | June 6, 2013

jus provocationis (j<<schwa>>s prov-<<schwa>>-kay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. The right possessed by every Roman citizen to appeal to the people in their Comitia, or later the emperor, from the infliction of summary punishment by a magistrate (coercitio). • Modern Romanists disagree about the precise meaning of this term. — Also termed jus provocatio.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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