Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

LEX BREHONIA

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LEX ET CONSUETUDO BEQNI

LEX BREHONIA. The Brehon or Irish law, overthrown by King John. See BREHON LAW. LEX BBETOISE. The law of the an cient Britons, or Marches of Wales. Cowell. LEX BUBGUNDIONUM. The law of the Burgnndians, a barbarous nation of Eu rope, first compiled and published by Gunde bald, one of the last of their kings, about A. D. 500. Spelman. Lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnnm quam publicum malum. The law will more readily tolerate a private loss than a public evil. Co. Litt. 152. LEX COMITATUS. The law of the county, or that administered in the county court before the earl or his deputy. Spel man. LEX COMMISSOBJA. In Roman law. A law by which a debtor and creditor might agree (where a thing had been pledged to the latter to secure the debt) that, if the debtor did not pay at the day, the pledge should be come the absolute property of the creditor. 2 Kent, Comm. 583. This was abolished by a law of Constantino. A law according to which a seller might stipulate that, if the price of the thing sold were not paid within a certain time, the sale should be void. Dig. 18, 3. LEX COMMUNIS. See Jus COMMUNE. The common law. Lex contra id quod praesumit, proba tionem non recipit. The law admits no proof against that which it presumes. Lofft, 573. LEX CORNELIA. In Roman law. The Cornelian law; a law passed by the dic tator L. Cornelius Sylla, providing remedies for certain injuries, as for battery, forcible entry of another's house, etc Calvin. LEX COBNELIA DE FALSO. In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting forgery or counterfeiting. Passed by the dictator Sylla. Dig. 48, 10; Calvin. LEX CORNELIA DE SICARIIS ET VENEFICIS. In Roman law. The Cor nelian law respecting assassins and poison ers. Passed by the dictator Sylla. Dig. 48, 8; Calvin. LEX DANORUM. The law of the Danes; Dane-law or Dane-lage. Spelman.

Lex de futuro, judex de prseterito. The law provides for the future, the judge for the past. Lex deflcere non potest in justitia exhibenda. Co. Litt. 197. The law can not be defective in dispensing justice. LEX DERAISNIA. The proof of a thing which one denies to be done by him* where another affirms it; defeating the as sertion of his adversary, and showing it be against reason or probability. This was used among the old Romans, as well as the Nor mans. Cowell. Lex dilationes semper exhorret. 2 Inst. 240. The law always abhors delays. LEX DOMICILII. The law of the dom icile. 2 Kent, Comm. 112, 433. Lex est ab seterno. Law is from ever lasting. A strong expression to denote the remote antiquity of the law. Jenk. Cent, p. 34, case 66. Lex est dictamen rationis. Law is the dictate of reason. Jenk. Cent. p. 117, case 33. The common law will judge according to the law of nature and the public good. Lex est norma reoti. Law is a rale of right. Branch, Princ. Lex est ratio summa, quse jubet quse sunt utilia et necessaria, et contrarla prohibet. Law is the perfection of reason, which commands what is useful and neces sary, and forbids the contrary. Co. litt. 3196/ Id. 976. Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens ho nesta, et prohibens contraria. Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right* and prohibiting the contrary. 2 Inst. 587. Lex est tutissima cassis; sub clypeo legis nemo deeipitur. Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one if deceived. 2 Inst. 56. LEX ET CONSUETUDO PARLIA MENTI. The law and custom (or usage) of parliament. The houses of parliament con stitute a court not only of legislation, but also of justice, and have their own rules, by which the court itself and the suitors therein are governed. May, Parl. Pr. (6th Ed.) 38-61. LEX ET CONSUETUDO BEQNI. The law and custom of the realm. One of the names of the common law* Hale, Com. Law. 52.

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