The Legal Bodies ontoterminology defines the types of legal bodies in Classical Athens relevant to the corpus of Attic Oratory. A legal body can be defined as "an individual or group who either proceeds over, judges, or is otherwise involved in a legal proceeding."

For more about ontoterminologies, visit the TEDI webpage. An ontoterminology follows the Aristotelian notion of definition in which a concept is a unique combination of essential characteristics (i.e. a characteristic that if removed would result in a different concept). Ontoterminology also uses the hypothesis that a term designates a concept.

The Legal Bodies ontoterminology has terms in English and ancient Greek.

View the Legal Bodies dictionary here.

Essential characteristics are grouped along the following axes:
1. Judging jurisdiction: What legal processes is this body responsible for judging
2. Supervising jurisdiction: What legal processes is this body responsible for supervising
3. Other responsibilities: What is this body responsible for beyond judging and supervising
4. Size: How many people make up this body or hold this role
5. Selection: How the members are selcted for involvement
6. Membership: From what segment of the citizen body are members chosen
7. Term length: How long is this role held