[1207] See below on the competence of the concilium plebis.
[1208] See Momms. Staatsr. i. p. 195; ii. p. 618.
[1209] See p. 161.
[1210] p. 169.
[1211] p. 211.
[1212] p. 161.
[1213] Anquisitio (a variant of the quaestio of the magistrate when he investigates on his own authority) perhaps means an “inquiry on both sides,” i.e. through accusation and defence (Lange Röm. Alt. ii. p. 470; cf. Festus p. 22 “anquirere est circum quaerere”).
[1214] Liv. ii. 52 (the tribunes) “cum capitis anquisissent, duo milia aeris damnato multam edixerunt”; xxvi. 3 (a pecuniary penalty having been proposed during the first two days) “tertio ... tanta ira accensa est ut capite anquirendum contio subclamaret.”
[1215] Cic. pro Dom. 17, 45 “cum tam moderata judicia populi sint a majoribus constituta ... ne inprodicta die quis accusetur, ut ter ante magistratus accuset intermissa die quam multam irroget aut judicet, quarta sit accusatio trinum nundinum prodicta die, quo die judicium sit futurum.” Cf. App. B.C. i. 74.
[1216] Cic. l.c. “si qua res illum diem aut auspiciis aut excusatione sustulit, tota causa judiciumque sublatum sit.”