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Lex \Lex\ (l[e^]ks), n.; pl. Leges (l[=e]"j[=e]z). [L. See Legal.] Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terr[ae], 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.

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Leges (plural of Latin lex: law) may refer to:

Literature
  • Laws (dialogue) Plato's last and longest dialogue
Ancient Roman law
  • Leges regiae, early Roman laws introduced by the Kings of Rome
  • Lex Julia (Leges Juliae), ancient Roman laws, introduced by any member of the Julian family
  • Leges Clodiae, series of laws passed by the Plebeian Council of the Roman Republic
  • Leges provinciae, 146 BC laws concerning the regulation and administration of Roman provinces
  • Lex Antonia (Leges Antoniae), law established in ancient Rome in 44 BC
  • Lex Licinia Sextia (Leges Liciniae Sextiae), Roman law which restored the consulship in 367 BCE
Laws in other governments
  • Leges Henrici Primi, legal treatise, written circa 1115, on legal customs of medieval England
  • Leges palatinae, laws governing the functioning of the royal court of the Kingdom of Majorca
  • Leges Edwardi Confessoris, early twelfth-century English collection of 39 laws
  • Leges Genuciae, laws proposed in 342 BCE by plebeian consul Lucius Genucius
  • Leges barbarorum; see Early Germanic law
  • Sacrae Disciplinae Leges, 1983 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul II
  • Leges inter Brettos et Scottos, legal codification under David I of Scotland
  • Welsh law (Leges Walliae)
  • Edictum Rothari (Leges Langobardorum) 643 CE compilation of Lombard law
Phrases
  • Inter arma enim silent leges ("In times of war, the law falls silent"), phrase attributed to Cicero
  • Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of the series
  • Leges sine Moribus vanae, motto of University of Pennsylvania

Usage examples of "leges".

Praedictarum enim quat uor synodorum dogmata sicut sanctas Scripturas et regulas sicut leges observamus.