lex situs
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 268 U.S. 473 - Frick v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · 1925Most cited · 503 citing opinions
the lex situs, the law of the place where the property is kept and used
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Modern law Latin for "the law of the place where property is situated." The general rule is that lands and other imihovables are governed by the l&x situs, i. e., by the law of the country in which they are situated. Westl. Priv. Int. Law, 62.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Lex Rei SitvE, LEX TALIONIS (Lat.). The law of retaliation: an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, etc. Amicable retaliation Includes those acts of retaliation which correspond to the acts of the other nation under similar circumstances. Jurists and writers on interna.tional law are divided as to the right of one nation punishing with death, by way of retaliation, the citizens or subjects of another nation. In the United States no example of such barbarity iias ever been witnessed; but prisoners have been kept in close conflneinent in retaliation for the same conduct towards 8, note; 1 Kent 93; Wheaton, Int Law, pt 4, c. 1, I 1. Vindictive retaliation includes those acts which amounts to war. See Retobsion. LEX TERRiC (Lat.).. The law of the land. It means “the procedure of the old popular law.” Thayer, Evid. 201, quoting Brunner, Schw. 254, and Fortesq. de Laud. c. 26 (Selden’s notes). See Dub Peocess of Law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Modern law Latin for "the law of the place where property is situated." The general rule is that lands and other immovables are governed by the lex situs; i. e., by the law of the country in which they are situated. Westl. Priv. Int. Law, 62.
Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Modern law Latin for “the law of the place where property is situated.” The general rule is that lands and other immoyables are governed by the lea situs; i. e., by the law of the country in which they are situated. Westl. Priv. Int. Law, 62. Lex spectat natures ordinem. The law regards the order of nature. Co, Litt. 1976. Lex succurrit ignoranti. Jenk. Cent, 15. The law assists the ignorant. Lex suceurrit minoribus. The law alda minors. Jenk. Cent. p. 51, case 97.