nomothete (nomothet)

[ or jurors intrusted with the decision as to any proposed change in legislation. It was provided motions to repeal or amend an existing law should be brought before the ecclesia or general meeting of citizens, at the beginning of the year. They might be then and there rejected; but if a motion was as received favorably, the ecclesia appointed a body of nomothetes, sometimes as many as a you sand in number, before whom the proposal was put on trial according to the regular forms of A then i an judicial procedure. A majority vote of the nomothetes was decisive for acceptance or rejection. See quotation under nomotheta. 4011