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Leges

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. Laws. At Rome, the leges (the decrees of the people in a strict sense) were laws which were proposed by a magistrate presiding in the senate, and adopted by the Roman people in the comitia centuriata Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 31.

Leges Angliæ. The laws of England, as distinguished from the civil law and other foreign systems

Leges non scriptæ. In English law. Unwritten or customary laws, including those ancient acts of parliament which were made before time of memory. Hale, Com. Law, 5. See 1 Bl. Comm. 63, 64.

Leges scriptæ. In English law. Written laws ; statute laws, or acts of parliament which are originally reduced into writing before they are enacted. or receive any binding power. Hale, Com. Law, 1, 2.

Leges snb graviori lege. Laws under a weightier law. Hale, Com. Law, 46, 44.

Leges tabellariae. Roman laws regulating the mode of voting by ballot, (tabella.) i Kent, Comm. 232, note.