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sub-sortĭor, tītus, 4, v. a., jurid. t. t., to choose by lot as a substitute, sc. a judge in place of one rejected by the parties: judicem, Cic. Clu. 35, 96.
Absol.: subsortiemur etiam in M. Metelli locum, Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 30.
Part. in pass. sense: si ex lege subsortitus non erat Junius, Cic. Clu. 34, 92.

subsortītĭo, ōnis, f. [subsortior], a choosing of substitutes by lot, sc. of other judges in place of those rejected by the parties, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157; id. Clu. 33, 91; a selection of citizens to receive corn in place of those who had died: subsortitio a praetore fieret, Suet. Caes. 41 fin.