Noun
A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy the time of Servius, if not long before, the tribes of the comitia were a minority of the population, ruling a multitude with no effective voice in their own government. Source: Internet
For this reason, a law was passed in 287 BC (the Lex Hortensia ) that forbade the holding of meetings of the comitia (for example to hold elections) on market days, but permitted the holding of legal actions. Source: Internet
Geography was not the sole determining factor in one's tribus; at times efforts were made to assign freedmen to the four urban tribes, thus concentrating their votes and limiting their influence on the comitia tributa. Source: Internet
In place of the king, the comitia centuriata resolved to elect two consuls to hold power jointly. Source: Internet
The first was the comitia ("committees"), Lintott, 42 which were assemblies of all optimo jure. Source: Internet
This he did, and by recounting the various grievances of the people, the king's abuses of power, and by inflaming public sentiment with the tale of the rape of Lucretia, Brutus persuaded the comitia to revoke the king's imperium and send him into exile. Source: Internet