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In the [[Ancient Rome]], the ”’subsellium”’ (a “low bench”) was a [[bench]] ({{langx|la|scamnum}}) or sometimes a seat of other kind. The word was used to designate seats in [[Roman theatre (structure)|Roman theaters]], [[Roman senators|senators’]] seats in the [[curia]], seats for [[tribunes of the plebs]].<ref name=ls>{{L&S|subsellium|subsellĭum|ref}}</ref> The latter meaning of a “judge’s seat” transferred to mean the court or tribunal<ref name=ls/> and is replicated in the modern [[en banc]] (from [[Law French]] “in bench” designating the central royal court at [[Westminster]]).{{sfn|Sanders|Liles|2023|pp=36-37}}{{sfn|Sanders|Liles|2023|p=39|loc=Note 11}} |
In the [[Ancient Rome]], the ”’subsellium”’ (a “low bench”) was a [[bench]] ({{langx|la|scamnum}}) or sometimes a seat of other kind. The word was used to designate seats in [[Roman theatre (structure)|Roman theaters]], [[Roman senators|senators’]] seats in the [[curia]], seats for [[tribunes of the plebs]].<ref name=ls>{{L&S|subsellium|subsellĭum|ref}}</ref> The latter meaning of a “judge’s seat” transferred to mean the court or tribunal<ref name=ls/> and is replicated in the modern [[en banc]] (from [[Law French]] “in bench” designating the central royal court at [[Westminster]]).{{sfn|Sanders|Liles|2023|pp=36-37}}{{sfn|Sanders|Liles|2023|p=39|loc=Note 11}} |
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Revision as of 05:46, 27 September 2025
In the Ancient Rome, the subsellium (a “low bench”) was a bench (Latin: scamnum) or sometimes a seat of other kind. The word was used to designate seats in Roman theaters, senators’ seats in the curia, seats for tribunes of the plebs.[1] The latter meaning of a “judge’s seat” transferred to mean the court or tribunal[1] and is replicated in the modern en banc (from Law French “in bench” designating the central royal court at Westminster).[2][3]
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