Lex Papia Poppaea
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
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; Halifax, Anal. bk. 2, c. 10. LEX PLUS LAUDATUR QUANDO RAtione probatur. The law is the more praised when it is consonant to reason. 3 Term R. 146; 7 Term R. 252; 7 Adol. & E. 657; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 151.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The Papian Poppæan law; a law proposed by the consuls Papius and Poppæus at the desire of Augustus, A. U. C. 762, enlarging the Lex Prœtoria, (q. v.) Inst. 3, 8, 2
Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.