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A. U. 630, forbidding that any one should possess more than five hundred acres of land, and providing for a division of any excess among the poorer people. Lex Aquilia: the Aquilian law, — a celebrated law passed on the proposition of the tribune C. Aquilus slave or beast of another. Lex Atilia: the Atilian law, — a law passed on the proposition of the tribune L. Atilius Eegulus, A. U. 443, respecting guardianships, authorizing the prsstor, with a majority of the tribunes, to assign guardians to persons, where none had been appointed. Lex Atinia: the Atinian law, — a law declaring that the property in things stolen should not be acquired by prescription. Lex commissoria: a law by which a debtor and creditor might agree, where a thing had been pledged to secure the debt, that if the, debtor did not pay at the day. the pledge should become the absolute property of the creditor; a law according to which a seller might stipulate that if, the price of the thing sold were not paid within a certain time, the sale should be void. Lex Cornelia: the Cornelian law; — de injuriis: the Ciornelian law respecting injuries,— a law passed by the dictator L. Cornelius Sylla, providing remedies for certain injuries; — de falso, or falsis: the Cornelian law respecting forgery or counterfeiting; — de sicariis et venetlcis: the Cornelian law respecting assassins and poisoners. Lex Falcidia: the Falcidian law; a law passed on the motion of the tribune P. Falcidius, A. U. 713, forbidding a testator to give more in legacies than three-fourths of all his estata Lex Furia, or Fusia Caninia: the Furian, or Fusian Caninian law; a law passed in the consulship of P. Fusius Camillus and C. Caninius Gallus, A. U. 752, prohibiting masters from manumitting by will more than a certain number or proportion of their slaves. Lex Hostilia: the Hostilian law; a law passed in the consulship of A. Hostilius and A. Atilius, authorizing actions of theft to be brought in the names of captives, or persons absent on business of the state. Lex Julia majestatis: the Julian law of majesty; a law promulgated by Julius Csesar, and published with additions by Augustus, comprehending all laws before enacted punishing transgressors against the state. Lex Fapia Poppsea: the Papian Poppaeanlaw; a law proposed by the consuls Papius and Poppseus, at the desire of Augustus, A. IT. 762, enlai'ging the Lex