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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of lex.

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  • It was from the circumstance of the curiæ having persisted under the kings until the time of Servius, and the reign of the later Tarquin not being deemed legal, that the royal laws were generally distinguished by the name of leges curiatæ.

    The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947

  • In the next paragraph he speaks of the so-called leges regiœ as collected and still extant in the book of Sextus Papirius.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • Adherence to the letter and spirit of our state constitution by our leges is the exception to the rule.

    forgotston.com 2010

  • Adherence to the letter and spirit of our state constitution by our leges is the exception to the rule.

    forgotston.com 2010

  • Adherence to the letter and spirit of our state constitution by our leges is the exception to the rule.

    forgotston.com 2010

  • Com igitur et vos ipso modo ilios mores, modo alias leges, fueritis secuti, multaque vel erroribus cognitis, vel animadversione meliorum sint a vobis repudiata: quid est a nobis factum, contra sensum judiciumque commune, si majora et certiora delegimus?

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • Curiensis "is of a later date (middle of the eighth or beginning of the ninth century), and differs very much in character from the preceding" leges "; it is a collection containing extracts from the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • [Footnote: Hence the "leges" or codes specially regulating the status of these Roman troops and called in documents the laws of the "Goths" or

    Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • The leges Iuliae, or Julian laws, were introduced in apparent response to a dwindling marriage rate among the Roman elite and contained strict new measures aimed at cracking down on such laxity while offering economic incentives to marry and procreate.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

  • Although Vespasian was not a member of a high-ranking Roman family, the leges Juliae passed by Augustus had decreed that marriage between an equestrian and a freedwoman was forbidden.

    Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

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