GABINIAN LAWS, in Roman antiquities; laws instituted upon several occasions by persons of the name of Gabinus. The first was the Gabinia lex de Comitibus, by A. Gabinus the tribune, in the year of Rome 614. It required that in the public assemblies for electing magistrates, the votes should be given by tablets, and not word of voice.—Another de Comitibus, which made it a capital punishment to convene any clandestine assembly, agreeable to the old law of the 12 tables.—Another de Militibus, by A. Gabinus the tribune, year of Rome 685. It granted Pompey the power of carrying on the war against the pirates during three years, and of obliging all kings, governors, and states, to supply him with all the necessaries he wanted, over all the Mediterranean sea, and in the maritime provinces as far as 400 stadia from the sea.—Another de Usuris by Aul. Gabinus the tribune, year of Rome 685. It ordained that no action should be granted for the recovery of any money borrowed upon small interest to be lent upon larger. This was an usual practice at Rome, which obtained the name of usuram facere.—Another against fornication.