LEX ATILIA

lex Atilia (leks <<schwa>>-til-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law. A law granting to magistrates the right to appoint guardians. • The law is named after the person who proposed it, perhaps the tribune L. Atilius Regulus. It was enacted about 210 B.C. — Also termed Atilian law.

[Blacks Law 8th]