Levy

A taking or seizure of property under execution. lex, I. Law; a law; the law; in the language of the middle ages, a body or collection of law, not a code in the proper sense. Lex aeqnitate gaudet: law delights in equity. Lex Alainannoriini, or Aleinannoriim: thelawof the Alemanni; first reduced to writing from the custom of the country, by Theodoric, king of the Franks, in 513, and amended and re-enacted by Clotaire IL Lex.Ingliae: the law of England, — one of the names of the common law; — est lex misericordiae: the law of England is a law of mercy; — non patitnr absurdum: the law of England does not suffer an absurdity; — nnnquam matrls, sed semper patris conditionem imitari partnm jndicat: the law of England adjudges that the offspring shall never follow the condition of the mother, but always that of the father; — nunquam sine parliainento mutari potest: the law of England can never be changed without parliament Lex Baiavariornm, Baioriorum, or Boloruni: the law of the Bavarians, first collected, together with the law of the Franks and Alemanni, by Theodoric L, and finally completed and promulgated by Dagobert Lex barbara: the barbarian law, — a term applied to the law of those nations that were not subject to the Roman empire. Lex beneficialis rei consimili remcdiain praestat: a beneficial law affords a remedy in a similar casa Lex Brehoula: the Brehon law of Ireland. Lex Bretoyse: the law of the Britons or marches of Wales. Lex Bnrgnndionnm: the law of the Burgundians, first compiled and published by Gundebald, about 500. Lex citius tolerare vnlt privatum damnam, quam publicum malum: the law will sooner tolerate a private loss than a public evil. Lex communis: the common law. Lex Danoram: the law of the Danes. Lex dcraisina: a branch of Norman law, defined in the Coustumier to be a law by which a party sued declared that he did not do the act with which he was charj,ed. Lex deflcere non debet in jnstitia exhibenda: the law ought not to fail in showing justice. Lex dilationes semper exhorret: the law always abhors ^delays. Lex domicilii: the law of the domicil. Lex est ab seterno: law is from everlasting. Lex est dictamen rationis: law is the dictate of reason. Lex est norma recti: law is a rule of right Lex est ratio summa, quae jubet quae sunt utilia et necessaria, et contraria proliibet: law is the perfection of reason, which commands what is useful and necessary, and forbids the contrary. Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens honesta et clypeo legis nemo decipitur: shield of the law no one is menti: the law and custom of the law and custom of the realm the law favors dower. Lix feigns where equity exists. the law of the place or state instituted. Lex Francorum: