a. [ad. late L. quirītāri-us, f. Quirītēs Roman citizens.] That is in accordance with Roman civil law; legal, as opposed to equitable (see BONITARIAN). Also of property: Held by legal right or under Roman law.
1865. Merivale, Rom. Emp., VIII. lxvii. 285. Every citizen … so far as he was the occupier of Roman or Quiritary soil,… enjoyed exemption from the tribute or rent-charge due to the state.
1871. Poste, Gaius, III. 285. A quaestor … who sold under the spear, the symbol of quiritary dominion.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, I. 119. I say that this slave is mine in quiritary right.
