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Lex Punit Mendacium

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The law punishes falsehood. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 15.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The law punishes mendacity.