Twelve Tables

British  

plural noun

1. the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 _bc

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Example Sentences

In the Twelve Tables, published in the Forum, Rome’s laws were written for the first time and were then accessible to all citizens.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Thus, in 451 BCE, members of the Roman government wrote the Twelve Tables, lists of the laws available for everyone to see, which were then posted in the Roman Forum in the center of Rome.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The Twelve Tables established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The following year ten men were again appointed, three of whom were plebeians, who added two more tables; the whole body became known as the Laws of the Twelve Tables.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

In the Civil Code of Cuba we can see not only its recent origin from the Spanish Code, but traces of the Law of the Twelve Tables and the Institutes of Justinian.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe