sub-sortĭor

I. 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.