Rex
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
I., Rei/r. The King; a king. Rex non potest peceare: the king can do no wrong. Rex nuuquam moritur: the King never dies. Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege: the King ought not to be subject to men, but to God and the law.