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Lex Est Dictamen Rationis

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Law is the dictate of reason. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 117.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Law is the dictate of reason. Jenk. Cent p. 117, case 33. The common law will judge according to the law of nature and the publlc good.