Legem Vadiare

To wage one's law. LEGES (Lat.) I In Civil Law. Laws proposed by a magistrate of the senate, and adopted by the whole people in comitia centuriata. See "Populiscitum"; "Lex." In English Law. Laws. Leges scriptae, written or statute laws. Hale's Hist. Com. Law, 1, 2. Leges non scriptae, unwritten or customary laws; the common, law, including general customs, or the common law, properly so called; and also particular customs of certain parts of the kingdom, and those particular laws that are, by custom, observed only in certain courts and jurisdictions. 1 Bl. Comm. 67. "These parts of law are therefore styled leges non scriptae, because their original institution and authority are not set down in writing, as acts of parliament are, but they receive their binding power and the force of laws by long and immemorial usage." 1 Steph. Comm. 40, 66. It is not to be understood, however, that LEGES ANGLIAE SUNT TRIPARTITAE: Jus commune, consuetudines, ac decreta comitiorum. The laws of England are threefold: Common law, customs, and decrees of parliament. LEGES FIGENDI ET REFIGENDI CONsuetudo est periculosissima. The custom ot making and unmaking laws is a most dangerous one. 4 Coke, pref.

In old English law. To wage law; to offer or to give pledge to make defense, by oath, with compurgators.

Defined under Legem in Black's Law Dictionary.

In old English law. To wage law: tooffer or to give pledge to make defense, by oath, with compurgators.