Ley

L. Fr. Law; the law.

— Ley civile. In old English law. The civil or Roman law. Yearb. H. 8 Edw. III. 42. Otherwise termed "ley escnpte," the written law. Yearb. 10 Edw. III. 24.

— Ley gager. Law wager; wager of law ; the giving of gage or security by a defendant that he would make or perfect his law at a certain day. Litt. § 514; Co.. Litt. 294b, 295a.

Sp. In Spanish law. A law; the law; law in the abstract.
—Leyes de Estilo. In Spanish law. A collection of laws usually published as an appendix to the Fuero Real; treating of the mode of conducting suits, prosecuting them to judgment, and entering appeals. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 74.