Rex Est Lex Vivens
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The king la the living law. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 17. REX EST MAJOR SINGULIS; MINOR unlversis. The king is greater than any single person; less than all. Bracton, lib. 1, c. 8. REX HOC SOLUM NON POTEST FAcere quod non potest Injuete agere. The king can do everything but an injustice. 11 Coke, 72. REX NON DEBET ESSE SUB HOMINE and the law. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 46,111; Bracton, 5. REX NON POTEST FALLERE NEC FAL- II. The king cannot deceive or be deceived. Grounds & Rudiments of Law, 438.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The king is the living law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Jenk. Cent. 17. The king is the living law.