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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

L Laws. Leges Angliic: the laws of England, as distinguished from the civil law and other foreign sysftems. Leges flgendi et reflgendi consnetudo est perlculosissima: the practice of making and remaking the laws is most dangerous. Leges non verbis sed rebus sunt impositse: laws are imposed not on words but tilings. Leges posteriores priores coiitrarias abrogant: later laws abrogate prior laws that are contrary to them. Leges Komansc: the Roman laws. Leges sub graviore lege: laws under a weightier law. Lege^ sunin ligent latorem: laws should bind their own maker. Leges vigilantibus non dormientibns snbveniunt: laws are for the aid of those who are diligent, not those who sleep upon their rights. In English laio. Leges non scriptse:- unwritten or customary laws, including those ancient acts of parliament which were made before time of memory. Leges scriptse: written laws; statute laws, originally reduced to writing before they are enacted. In the Roman law. Leges tabellariee: laws regulating the mode of voting by ballot