Lat. A decnrion. In the provincial admlnistration of the Roman em-pire, the decurions were tlie chief men or official personages of the large towns. Taken as a body, the decurions of a city were charg-ed with the entire control and administra-tion of its internal affairs; having powers both magisterial and legislative. See 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 54