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ROGATION

Volume 9 · 57 words · 1778 Edition

(rogatio), in the Roman jurisprudence, a demand made by the consuls or tribunes of the Roman people, when a law was proposed to be passed. Rogatio is also used for the decree itself made in consequence of the people's giving their assent to this demand; to distinguish it from a sinatus consultum, or decree of the senate.