Lex Situs
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Modern law Latin for “the law of the place where property is situated.” The general rule is that lands and other immoyables are governed by the lea situs; i. e., by the law of the country in which they are situated.
Westl. Priv. Int. Law, 62.
Lex spectat natures ordinem
The law regards the order of nature.
Co, Litt. 1976.
Lex succurrit ignoranti.
Jenk. Cent, 15.
The law assists the ignorant. Lex suceurrit minoribus. The law alda minors. Jenk. Cent. p.
51, case 97.