In the second consulship of M. Licinius Crassus and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (55 BC) the Lex Licinia was passed. This lex, which is entitled "De Sodalitiis", did not alter the previous laws against bribery; but it was specially directed against a particular mode of canvassing, which consisted in employing agents ("sodales") to mark out the members of the several tribes into smaller portions, and to secure more effectually the votes by this division of labour. This distribution of the members of the tribes was called "decuriatio". It was an obvious mode of better securing the votes. The mode of appointing the judices in trials under the Lex Licinia was also provided by that lex. They were called "Judices Editicii", because the accuser or prosecutor nominated four tribes, and the accused was at liberty to reject one of them. The "judices" were taken out of the other three tribes; but the mode in which they were taken is not quite clear. The penalty under the Lex Licinia was exile, but for what period is uncertain.