Dux
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Roman law. A leader or military commander. The commander of an army.
Dig. 3, 2, 2, pr.
In feudal and old Huropean law. Duke; a title of honor, or order of nobility.
1 Bl. Comm. 897; Crabb, Eng. Law, 286.
In tater law. A military governor of a province.
See Cod. 1, 27, 2.
A military officer having charge of the borders or frontiers of the empire, called “daa limitis.”
Cod. 1, 49, 1, pr.
At this period, the word began to be used as a title of honor or dignity.