JUSTĬTĬUM

a ce ation of public busine of every kind. Thus the courts of law and the treasury were shut up, no amba adors were received in the senate, and no auctions took place. The Justitium was proclaimed ( edicere , indicere ) by the senate and the magistrates in times of public alarm and danger; and after confidence and tranquillity had been restored, the Justitium was removed ( remittere , exuere ) by the same authorities. As such times of alarm are usually accompanied with general sorrow, a Justitium came in course of time to be ordained as a mark of public mourning, and under the empire was only employed for this reason.