illegal Copy link Outline 1. quod contra leges fit2. illĭcĭtus • illegal: 1. quod contra leges fit: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69. (Illegitimus has no authority.) 2. illĭcĭtus: il. exactions, il. exactiones, Tac. Ann. 13, 51. Phr.: il. canvassing, ambĭtus, ūs: v. bribery.
ILLEGAL Copy link • ILLEGALnon legitimus (☞ avoid illegitimus): legi repugnans or contrarius: legibus vetitus († Hor.): quod lex vetat or prohibet. It is illegal to condemn a Roman citizen to death except in the Comitia Curiata, lex de capite civis Romani nisi Comitiis Centuriatis statui vetat. It is illegal to elect two magistrates of the same family, leges duo ex una familia magistratus creari vetant or prohibent (Caes.).