CENSITUS, a person censed or entered in the tables of the census. In an ancient monument found at Ancyra, containing the actions of the Emperor Octavius (Augustus), we read—
Quo lustro civium Romanorum
Censita sunt capita quadrages
Centum milia et sexaginta tria:
or that the number of Roman citizens entered in the censor's rolls was then upwards of 4,000,000.
CENSITUS is also used in the civil law for a servile sort of tenant who pays capitation to his lord for the lands he holds of him. See CAPITE Censi.