Legem
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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In old English law
Law. Legem amittere: to lose the law, or privilege of being admitted to oath. Legem facere: to make law or oath. Legem habere: to have law; to be capable of giving evidence upon oath. Legem terras amittentes perpetuam infamise notam inde merito incurrnnt: they who lose the law of the land In the JRoman law. Legem ferre: to propose a law to the people for their adoption. Legrem jubere or sciscere: to give consent and autliority to a proposed law.