QUIRITARIAN


Meaning of QUIRITARIAN in English

|kwirə|terēən adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin quiritari us of Roman civil law (from Latin Quirit-, Quiris Roman citizen — probably from (assumed) Old Latin coviriom assemblage of citizens, from Latin co- + -virius, from vir man — + -arius -ary) + English -an — more at virile

1. : of, relating to, or constituting the old law of Rome as distinguished from the law introduced by the praetor on equitable principles

2. : conforming to or enforced by the quiritarian law : legal as opposed to equitable or beneficial

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