Lex Plaetoria
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A law designed for the protection of minors against frauds and allowing them in certain cases to apply for the appointment of a guardian. In a somewhat wider and more generic sense, a law (whatever Its origin) or the aggregate of laws, relating to a particular subject-matter, thus corresponding to the meaning of the word "law" in some modern phrases, such as the "law of evidence," "law of wilis," eta