Lex

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

Related Words

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lex, lēgis, f. [perh. Sanscr. root lag-, lig-, to fasten; Lat. ligo, to bind, oblige; cf. religio], ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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lēx lēgis, f 3 LEG-, a formal proposition for a law, motion, bill (offered by a magistrate to the ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
lex
, or leax. The Anglo-Saxon term for salmon. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
ex lex
An outlaw (a term of law). ...

The Sailor's Word-Book