Following are excerpts from the senatorial debate last night between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick A. Lazio as transcribed by The New York Times.

Patricians also enjoyed official precedence, such as the right to speak first in senatorial debates, which were initiated by the princeps senatus ("Leader of the Senate"), a position reserved for patricians.

Old Main is "the oldest building on its campus, and is the best preserved site of one of the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas."

He is an experienced debate moderator, having moderated gubernatorial debates in Illinois and Florida, and senatorial and congressional debates in Florida.

"Taking the auspices" was an important part of all major official business, including inaugurations, senatorial debates, legislation, elections and war, and was held to be an ancient prerogative of Regal and patrician magistrates.

Following are excerpts from the senatorial debate last night broadcast from WRGB-TV in Schenectady, as transcribed by The New York Times.

Under his consulship, however, the Senate had little power in initiating legislation by introducing bills for senatorial debate.

During the senatorial debate held on October 9, 2006, Jones stated that a conspiracy of the European Union and North American elites is on the verge of forming a "one world communist government."

"They don't allow me to participate in the senatorial debate," he said.

Later, the Senate of the Republic decided that the official language of the Republic would be the Ragusan dialect of the Romance Dalmatian language, and forbade the use of the Slavic language in senatorial debate.