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coire licet

coire licet noun: the requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.

Noun

coire licet (uncountable)

  1. (Ancient-Roman) The requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.
    • The evidence seems to be that a whole category of collegia or associations was thus exempt from compliance with the requirement of special approval, coire licet.1992, Susan Ford Wiltshire, Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights, page 128

Origin of coire licet

Latin: coīre (“to assemble”, “to come together”, present active indicative form of coeō, “I assemble”, “I come together”) + licet (“it is permitted”) = “it is permitted [for a group] to assemble”.

Questions about coire licet

What does coire licet mean?
Coire licet means the requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.
What part of speech is coire licet?
Coire licet is a noun.

Words near coire licet in the dictionary

  1. COIP
  2. COIPs
  3. coipu
  4. coipus
  5. coir
  6. coire licet
  7. Coiro
  8. Coiros
  9. coirs
  10. COIs
  11. coislander

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