Lex Pratoria
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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 that govern in a court of equity. Gilb. Ch. pf. 2. Lex prospicit, non respicit. Jenk. Cent. 284. Thelaw looks forward, not backward. Lex punit mendacium. The law punishes falsehood. Jenk. Cent, p. 15, case 26,