Senatus Consultum

Concept of “Senatus Consultum”

Traditional meaning of senatus consultum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A decree of the senate; one of the chief sources of Roman law; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 80, 86. Senatus decreta: private acts of the senate as distinguished from public laws; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 86.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Senatus Consultum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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