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- tree, a young voice saying quickly, "_Tolle lege, tolle lege_" (take and read, take and read), and which he took as a Divine admonition; these, combined with the commotion of the times, would lend their influence to the position he came to occupy.

The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace

So that of things done lege, that is to say, by command of the law, there is some place for a distinction between lege divinâ and lege civili.

The Elements of Law Natural and Politic 1650

The acquisition of a spouse, either as a husband or as a wife, is therefore not constituted facto — that is, by cohabitation — without a preceding contract; nor even pacto — by a mere contract of marriage, without subsequent cohabitation; but only lege, that is, as a juridical consequence of the obligation that is formed by two persons entering into a sexual union solely on the basis of a reciprocal possession of each other, which possession at the same time is only effected in reality by the reciprocal usus facultatum sexualium alterius.

The Science of Right 1790

It is, however, somewhat doubtful if there really was such a law; and the better opinion seems to be that the word "lege" meant

The Captiva and the Mostellaria Titus Maccius Plautus 1847

Erratum in your last, 1. antepenult, pro "fear a _Dun_" lege "fear a

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706

If Democrats retain control of both houses of the New York state lege, redistricting may not be as big a problem.

My new Senator is a Bush Dog????? 2009

(Aside from the seats NY will lose due to population loss, a problem the lege seems happy to casually ignore.)

My new Senator is a Bush Dog????? 2009

By this logic: Why not force Texas to lose 3-5 Congress seats, and then use their GOP-held state lege to purge only Democratic districts.

Matthew Yglesias » Census Conspiracies Strike Back 2010

OF COURSE, the Minnesota lege would eliminate her district if it came to that, but not because of partisanship.

Think Progress » Bachmann To Vote For Resolution Promoting Census After Leading Campaign To Smear It 2010

What happened was that in 2006 New Hampshire started voting more like the rest of New England — knocked out both Republican reps, saw an incredible D tidal wave in the state lege, and then in 2008 Sununu Jr. never really had a chance.

Matthew Yglesias » Secretary Sebelius? 2009