Lat. In Roman law. Testimony dellvered in court concernlng an ac-cdsed person’s good behavlor and lntegrlty of Hfe. It resembled the practice whlch pre-vails in our trials of calllug persons to speak to a prisoner’s character. The least number of the laudatores among the Romans was ten. wharton
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
