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Legem sciscere

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To give consent and authority to a proposed law; applied to the consent of the people.

Defined under Legem in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. Te give consent and authority toa proposed Jaw; applied to the consent of the people. Legem terre amittentes, perpetuam infamize notam inde merito incurrunt. Those who lose the law of the land, then justly incur the ineffaceable brand of infamy. 3 Inst, 221.