subsortior

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sub-sortĭor, tītus, 4, v. a., jurid. t. t.,

to choose by lot as a substitute , sc. a judge in place of one rejected by the parties: judicem, Cic. Clu. 35, 96.— Absol. : subsortiemur etiam in M. Metelli locum, Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 30.—Part. in pass. sense: si ex lege subsortitus non erat Junius, Cic. Clu. 34, 92.

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