An assemblage of many people. According to Coke it is not a word of very precise meaning; for some authorities hold that there must be at least ten persons to make a multitude, while others maintain that no definite number is fixed by law. Co. Litt. 257.
Multitudinem decern facinnt. Co. Litt. 257. Ten make a multitude.
Multitudem errantium nom parlt error! patrocinum. The multitude of those who err furnishes no countenance or excuse for error. 11 Coke, 75a. It is no excuse for error that it is entertained by numbers.
Multitudo imperitorum perdit curiam.
The great number of unskillful practitioners ruins a cour.