Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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senatus consultum
[Latin] Roman law. A decree of the Roman Senate. - Also termed senatus consult.
senatus consultum Macedonianum
n. [Latin "Macedo's Decree"] Roman law. A senate decree, first given under Claudius and renewed by Vespasian, to protect children from making unconscionable loans with creditors in expectation of their father's death, by making actions to recover such loans unlawful. - Also termed Macedonian Decree.
senatus consultum Velleianum
[Latin "Velleian Decree"] Roman law. A senate decree, probably of A.D. 46, to protect women from making unconscionable guarantees, suretyship undertakings, or debt assumptions for their husbands and for others generally, by making actions to enforce such undertakings unlawful.
senatus consultum ultimae necessitates
[Latin] Roman law. A decree of the senate of the last necessity. ( This decree usu. preceded the nomination of a leader with absolute power in a time of emergency. - Also termed senatus consultum ultimum.