Legem Enim Contractus Dat
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The contract makes the law. 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 215, 233. LEGEM FACERE (Law Lat.)
In old English law. To make law, or oath. Legem vadiare, to wage law. Legem habere, to have law; to be capable of giving evidence upon oath. Legem amittere, to lose the law, or privilege of being admitted to oath. Legem terrae amittentes perpetuam infamiae^otam inde merito incurrunt, they who lose the lex terrae (law of the land) justly incur therefor the perpetual brand of infamy. 3 Inst. 221. In Branch's Maxims, the peculiar meaning of lex terrae, in this passage, has been misapprehended. LEGEM FERRE (Lat.)
In the Roman law. To propose a law to the people for their adoption. Heinec. Ant. Rom. lib. 1, tit. 2; Tayl. Civ. Law, 9.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916