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Lex Angliae

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The law of England; the common law; or, the curtesy of England.

LEX ANGLIAE EST LEX MISERICORdiae

The law of England is a law of mercy.

2 Inst. 315.

LEX ANGLIAE NON PATITUR ABSURdum

The law of EIngland does not suffer an absurdity.

9 Coke, 22.

LEX ANGLIAE NUNQUAM MATRIS 8ED semper patris conditionem imitarl partum Judicat. The law of England rules that the offspring shall always follow the condition LEX ANGLIAE NUNQUAM SINE PARllamento mutari potest. The law of England cannot be changed but by parliament.

2 Inst. 218, 619.