Ley

lay, lee, leie, ly, I. fr. Law. La ley voet plus tost saffer un iiiisclieife que un inconvenience: the law will sooner suffer a mischief than an inconvenience. Le ley de l)ieu et le ley de terre sout toat un: the law of God and the law of the land are all ona Le ley favour' la vie d'un home: the law favors the life of a man. Le In old English law. Law, in the technical sense of an oath, or the oath with compurgators. Ley ciyile: the civil or Roman law. Ley gager: law-wager; wager of law; the giving of gage or security by a defendant that he would make or perfect his law at a certain day.