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The law of the Franks ; promulgated by Theodoric I., son of Clovis I., at the same time with the law of the Alemanni and Bavarians. Spelman. This was a different collection from th

The law of the Franks; promulgated by Theodoric I., son of Clovis I., at the same time with the law of the Alemanni and Bavarians. Spelman. This was a different collection from the

The law of the Frisians, promulgated about the middle of the eighth century. Spelman. LEX FURIA (or FUSIA) CANINIA. In Roman law. The Furian Caninian law; a law passed in the consu

The law of the Frisians, promulgated about the middle of the eighth century. Spelman.

The Roman law limiting manumission by will.

The law limiting the liability of sponsors and fide-promissors to two years, and providing that as between several co-sponsors or co-flde-promissors, the debt should be, ipso jure,

A law enacting that a testator might not bequeath as a legacy more than one thousand asses.

A law Introducing the ballot in elections.

A law which entirely forbade the charging or taking of interest for the use of money among Roman citizens', but which was usually and easily evaded, as it did not declare an agreem

A law declaring interest Illegal. Inst. 3. 13.

The Ck)thic law, or law of the Goths. First promulgated in writing, A. D. 466. Spelman.

A law which assured to the tribal assembly its privilege of independent existence.

An important constitutional statute, taking its name from the consul who secured its enactment, to the effect that ali decrees passed in the meetings of the plebians should be laws

The law giving the plebeians a full share in the jus publicum and the jus sacrum. Sand. Just. Introd. § 9.

The Hostilian law, passed in the consulship of A. Hostilius, authorizing actions of theft to be brought in the name of captives or persons absent on the business of the state. Inst

A Roman law, which provided that a prosecution for theft might be carried on without the owner's intervention. 4 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 118.

The Imperial or Roman law. Quoted under this name, by Fleta, lib. 1, ¢. 38, § 15; Id. lib. 3, e. 10, § 3. er Lex intendit vicinum vicini facta scire. The law intends [or presumes]

The Imperial or Soman law. Quoted under this name by Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 15; Id. lib. 3, c. 10, i 3. LEX INTENDIT VICINUM VICINI FACta scire. The law presumes that one neighbor

The law presumes that a neighbor knows of the acts of his neighbor.

The law judges of things which must necessarily be done as if actually done. Branch, Princ.

The law judges of things necessarily to be done as if they were really done.

An ordeal

Several statutes bore this name, being distinguished by the addition of words descriptive of their subject matter. The "lex Julia de adultenis" related to marriage, dower, and kind

In Roman law. The Julian law of majesty; a law promulgated by Julius Caesar, and again published with additions by Augustus, comprehending all the laws before enacted to punish tra

The law conferring legal freedom on all such freedmen as were tuitione prwtoris. See Latini Juni- ANi. Lex Junia Velleja conferred the same right on posthumous children born in the

A law providing that descendants who became sui heredes of the testator otherwise than by birth, as by the death of their father, must be disinherited or Instituted heirs in the sa

The law of the country of one’s allegiance.

We have an analogous case in the thirty-fourth section of the Judiciary Act of the United States; in which it is enacted that the laws of the several states shall be rules of decis

The law of the place of the act.

The law of the place where the obligation was entered into. See 106 U. S. 124, 27 L. Ed. 104, 1 Sup. Ct. Rep. 102.

The law of the place of the contract. The local law which governs as to the nature, construction, and validity of a contract. See Pritchard v. Norton, 106 U. S. 124 , 1 Sup. Ct. 10

The validity of the contract is determined by the law of the place where it is entered into. Whether void or valid there, it is so everywhere.

The general principle adopted by civilized nations is, that the nature, validity and interpretation of contracts, are to be governed by the law of the country where the contracts a

The general principle in relation to contracts made in one place to be executed in another, is well settled. They are to be governed by the law of the place of performance—and if t

the settled principle that, in the absence of some overriding domestic policy translated into law, the right to recover for a tort depends upon and is measured by the law of the pl

The solution most commonly accepted as to torts in our municipal and in international law is to apply the law of the place where the acts giving rise to the liability occurred, the

The law of the place where an offense was committed.

the mere taking of foreign security does not alter the locality of the contract with regard to the legal interest. Taking foreign security does not necessarily draw after it the co

The law of the place where a thing is situated. "It is equally settled in the law of ali civilized countries that real property, as to its tenure, mode of enjoyment, transfer, and

It is one to be determined by the lex loci rei sitae. It is to be considered solely in the light of the statutes and adjudications of North Carolina. This court must hold and admin

The law of the place where payment or performance of a contract is, by its terms, to be made. LEX LONGOBARDORUM (Lat.) The name of an ancient code in force among the Lombards. It c

The law of the Lombards. The name of an ancient code of laws among that people, framed, probably, between the Ofth and eighth centuries, It continued in force after the incorporati

The law of the Lombards. The name of an ancient code of laws among that people, framed, probably, between the fifth and eighth centuries. It continued in force after the incorporat

Manifest or open law; the trial by duel or ordeal. The same as lex apparens (q. v.). LEX MERCATORIA (Lat.) That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which

The law merchant. See Law merchant .

A law which reduced the official term of the censors at Rome from five years to a year and a half, and provided for the discharge of their peculiar functions by the consuls in the

Natural law. See Jus Naturale.

e., instantis. The law of necessity is the law of time, i. e., the present.

The law works injury to no one.

The law compels no one to do the impossible. See 52 C. C. A. (U. S.) 268, 57 L. R. A. 707, 114 Fed. 466.

The law requires of no man that which is unreasonable or impracticable. Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu impossibilia.

The law compels no one to do vain or useless things. Co. Litt 197b; Broom, Max. 252 ; 5 Coke, 21a.

The law compels no one to perform vain or useless acts. See 14 Gray (Mass.), 78.

The law compels no one to divulge what he is presumed to be ignorant of.

The law does wrong to no one. Branch, Princ.

NEmini facit injuriam. The law never works an injury, or does him a wrong. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 22.

The law works injustice to no one, injures no one.

NIL JUBETy^ frustra. The law does nothing and commands nothing in vain. 3 Bulst. 279; Jenk. Cent. Cas. 17.

The law does nothing in vain, commands nothing in vain.

The law com-, mands nothing vainly. 3 Bulst. 280.

The law does nothing in vain.

The law is not to be violated by the king. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 7.

Hob. 88. The law cares not about trifles.

The law requires nothing impossible. Co. Litt. 231b; Hob. 96; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 851.

The law does not regard small matters. Hob. 88. LEX NON DEFICIT IN JUSTITIA EXIbenda. The law does not fail in showing justice. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 31.

The law does not fail in showing justice. Jenk. Cant. p. 31, case 61.

The law does not fail in showing justice.

SED ARbitrlo boni viri permittit. The law does not define exactly, but trusts in the judgment of a good man. 9 Mass. 475. LEX NON FAVET VOTIS DELICATOrum. The law favors not the wi

The law does not define exactly, but trusts in the judgment of a good man. Bissell v. Briggs, 9 Mass. 475, 9 Am. Dec. 88

The law does not define exactly, but allows for the judgment of a fair man.

The law favors not the wishes of the dainty. Broom, Max. 379; 9 Coke, 58.

The law does not favor the wishes of the fastidious.

The law does not intend anything impossible.

The law does not suffer fractions and divisions of estates. Branch, Princ.; 1 Coke, 87a.

The law does not suffer fractions and divisions of statutes.

QUIA inutilis labor stultus. The law commands not useless things, because useless labor is foolish. Co. Litt. 197; 5 Coke, 89a. LEX NON REQUIRIT VERIFICARE quod apparet curiae. The

The law does not order useless things, because useless labor is silly. See 112 Mass. 400.

The law does not require that to be verified [or proved] which is apparent to the court 9 Coke, 54b.

The law does not require to be proved that which is apparent to the court.

(Lat.) Law not written; unwritten law; a law originating plied to the common law of England, not in the literal sense of an unwritten or oral law, but in that of a law not derived

The same as lex fori, (q_. v.)

In Roman law. The Papian Poppaean law; a law proposed by the consuls Papius and Poppaeus at the desire of Augustus, A. U. 762, enlarging the lex Praetoria (q. v.). Inst. 3. 8. 2; H

In Roman law. The Papian Poppaean law; a law proposed by the consuls Papius and Poppaeus at the desire of Augustus, A. U. C. 762, enlarging the Lex Praetoria, (q. v.) Inst. 3, 8, 2

The law of one’s country.

The law forbidding masters to expose their slaves to contests with wild beasts. Inst. 1. 8. LEX p1.€T0RIA. The law for the protection of young persons who had not attained the age

A law designed for the protection of minors against frauds and allowing them in certain cases to apply for the appointment of a guardian. In a somewhat wider and more generic sense

The law which conferred the full rights of citizenship on Italy below the Po. Sand. Just Introd. § 11.

The law is more highly praised when it is approved by reason.

The law punishes falsehood. Jenk. Cent. p. 15, case 26.

The law abolishing the right of a creditor to sell or kill his debto't. Sohm, Kom. L. 210.

The law which inflicted a punishment on one who had caused the death of a parent or child. The offender was by this law to be sewn up in a sack with a dog, a cock, a viper, and an

A prior statute shall give place to a later. Mackeld. Civ. Law, 5; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 27.

In Roman law. The Praetorian law; a law by which every f reedman who made a will was commanded to leave a moiety to his patron. Inst. 3. 8. 1.

In Roman law. The Pretorian law. A law by which every freedman who made a will was commanded to leave a moiety Lo his patron. Inst. 3, 8,1. The term has been applied to the rules t

NON RESPICIT. The law looks forward, not backward. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 284. See "Retrospective Law."

The law looks forward, not backward.

The præ-torian law. A law by which every freedman who made a will was commanded to leave a moiety to his patron. Inst 3, 8, 1. The term has been applied to the rules that govern in

The law providing. that the plebiscita should bind the whole people. Inst 1. 2. The lex Puhlilia de aponaw allowed sponsores, unless reimbursed within six months, to recover from t

The law punishes falsehood. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 15.

A law by which it was claimed that the legislative power was transferred by the Roman people to the emperor. Inst. 1, 2. 6. Whether such a law was passed has been doubted. 1 Kent,