subsellium

subsellium ī, n

sub+sella, a low bench, seat, form : ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt (in the senate): ut locus in subselliis occupetur, etc., i. e. a senator's seat : rei subsellium, of the accused , Ct. — A judge's seat, the bench : accusabat idem ad subsellia.—Fig., a court, tribunal : age vero ne semper forum, subsellia meditere: habet Alienum, hunc tamen ab subselliis, i. e. a lawyer in the courts : versatus in utrisque subselliis, i. e. as judge and advocate .