At first, Assembly delegated right to govern {imperium, praetor} to two magistrates {praetor}|, typically clan chiefs. Praetors had unlimited power {potestas}. Praetors could veto each other.
Later, Senate elected praetors for one year. Praetors administered justice and were just below consuls in power. Later, Senate elected more praetors to be judicial magistrates.
civil case
In later Republic, praetors heard cases more informally than under legis actiones. They wrote cases for trial judges, in standard forms {formula, law}. Judges then decided. The only appeal was to show that judges had decided improperly.
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