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 weakening of the magistracy and the resulting ascendancy of the Senate, 150.

CHAPTER IV

THE MAGISTRACY

1. Imperium and potestas, 152. Administrative powers of the magistrates, 152. Military powers, 153. The right to triumph, 156. Powers exercised in connexion with the people, 158. The contio and the comitia, 159. Right of acting with the plebs, 161. The right of consulting the Senate, 161. General powers of the magistrates; the auspicia, 162. The coercitio, 167. Conflict between the powers of the magistrates; the obnuntiatio, 172. The right of prohibition, 173. The intercessio, 176. The civil and criminal responsibility of magistrates, 181. The qualifications for office, 183. The formalities of candidature and election, 187. The insignia of office, 191.

2. The dictator, 191. The magister equitum, 195. The consuls, 196. The praetors, 202. The aediles, 208. The quaestors, 212. The censors, 216. The plebeian magistrates, 233. The minor magistrates, 234.

CHAPTER V

THE PEOPLE AND ITS POWERS

Legislation, 238. Form of a lex, 242. Control of external matters, 243. Elective powers, 245. Judicial powers, 245. Rescission of sentences by the people, 248. Remission of outlawry and amnesty, 249. Grounds of invalidity of popular acts, 249. The different comitia; the comitia curiata, 250. The comitia centuriata and its reorganisation, 252. The comitia tributa, 253. The concilium plebis, 253. Elections to the religious colleges, 254. Formalities observed in the meetings of the assemblies, 255.

CHAPTER VI

THE SENATE

Reasons for the growth of the Senate's power, 261. Method of appointment of senators, 263. External distinctions of senators, 265. Reforms of Sulla, 266. Rules of initiative and debate in the Senate, 267. The