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Lex Regia

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A law by which it was claimed that the legislative power was transferred by the Roman people to the emperor.

Inst. 1, 2. 6.

Whether such a law was passed has been doubted.

1 Kent, Comm. 544; Tayl. Civ. Law, 236, note.

LEX REI SITAE (Lat.) The law of the place of situation of the thing.