coire licet

noun

The requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.

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Meanings

nouncoire licet (uncountable)
  1. Ancient RomanuncountablehistoryThe 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

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”.

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