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  2. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    lex fori: the law of the country in which an action is brought out lex lata: the carried law The law as it has been enacted. lex loci: the law of the place The law of the country, state, or locality where the matter under litigation took place. Usually used in contract law, to determine which laws govern the contract. / ˈ l ɛ k s ˈ l oʊ s ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    See law of the case. lex lata: the law that has been borne: The law as it is. lex loci: law of the place: lex non scripta: law that has not been written: Unwritten law, or common law: lex orandi, lex credendi: the law of prayer is the law of faith: lex paciferat: the law shall bring peace: Motto of the European Gendarmerie Force: lex ...

  4. Translating "law" to other European languages - Wikipedia

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    Berkowitz (2005) argues that the rise of legal positivism corresponds to a "transformation of the sense of 'law', a difficult topic made more so by a particular limitation of the English language", the non-distinction between ius and lex. Hart himself, in The concept of law (pp. 206 ff.), argued that the distinction between ius and lex might ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    In law, a de bene esse deposition is used to preserve the testimony of a witness who is expected not to be available to appear at trial and be cross-examined. de bonis asportatis: carrying goods away: In law, trespass de bonis asportatis was the traditional name for larceny, i.e., the unlawful theft of chattels (moveable goods). de dato: of the ...

  6. Category:Latin legal terminology - Wikipedia

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    Law Latin; Legem terrae; Lex animata; Lex causae; Lex domicilii; Lex ferenda; Lex fori; Lex incorporationis; Lex lata; Lex loci; Lex loci actus; Lex loci arbitri; Lex loci celebrationis; Lex loci contractus; Lex loci delicti commissi; Lex loci protectionis; Lex loci rei sitae; Lex loci solutionis; Lex non scripta; Lex patriae; Lex regia ...

  7. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, the words spoken by the cardinal verifying that a newly-elected pope was a man, in a test employed after the reign of pope Joan. dura lex sed lex [the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law: A shortening of quod quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripta est ("which indeed is extremely harsh, but thus was the law written").

  8. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Outline of law: Lists; List of Latin phrases This page was last edited on 18 April 2024, at 03:19 (UTC). Text is ...

  9. List of Roman laws - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of Roman laws.A Roman law (Latin: lex) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of his gens name (nomen gentilicum), in the feminine form because the noun lex (plural leges) is of feminine grammatical gender.