Legruita
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A fine for criminal conversation with a woman. Whart. Lex. LEGES (Lat). 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 scriptw, written or statute laws. Leges non scriptw, 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 Bla. Com. 67. “These parts of law are therefore styled leges non scriptw, because their original institution and authority are not set down in writing, as acts of parliament are, but they receive their binding force from long and Immemorial usage.’’ 1 Steph. Com. 40, 46. See Law; Jus; Lf.v,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910