coire licet

English

Etymology

Latin: coīre (“to assemble”, “to come together”, present active indicative form of coeō, “I assemble”, “I come together”) + licet (“it is permitted”) = “it is permitted [for a group] to assemble”.

Noun

coire licet (uncountable)

1. (Ancient Roman history and law) The requirement of a grant bestowing right of assembly and allowing the formation of a collegium under the Roman Empire.
   • 1992, Susan Ford Wiltshire, Greece, Rome, and the Bill of Rights, page 128:

     The evidence seems to be that a whole category of collegia or associations was thus exempt from compliance with the requirement of special approval, coire licet.