Lex Manifesta
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land. See "Law Merchant." the law of time, that is, time present. Hob. 159. LEX NEMINEM OOGIT AD VANA SEU Inutilia peragenda. The law forces no one to do vain or useless things. Wingate, Max. 600; 3 Bl. Comm. 144; 2 Bing. (N. C.) 121; 13 East, 420; 7 Pa. St. 206, 214; 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 598. LEX NEMINEM COGIT OSTENDERE quod nescire praesumitur. The law forces no one to make known what he is presumed not to know. Lofl Ft, 569.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Manifest or open law; the trial by del or ordeal. The same with lex apparens, (q. v.) In King John's charter (chapter 38) and the articles of that charter (chapter 28) the word "mamfestam" is omitted.
Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Manifest or open law; the trial by duel or ordeal. The same with lex apperens, (gq. v-) In King John's eharter (chapter 38) and the articles of that charter (chapter 23) the word “manifestam” ig omitted,