EPICHIROTONIA, amongst the Athenians. It was ordained by Solon, that once every year the laws should be carefully revised and examined; and that if any of them were found unsuitable to the actual state of affairs, they should be repealed. This was called ἐπιχίροτονια τῶν νόμων, from the manner of giving their suffrages by holding up their hands. (See a further account of this custom in Potter, Archæol. Græc. tom. i. p. 242.)