Lex
[leks]
Definition
(n.) Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- This Lex Valeria was the Habeas Corpus of Rome, and it freed the Roman plebeians from the worst dangers of class vindictiveness in the law courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The 'suprema lex' was the preservation of the family, and the interest of the State. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Olaf