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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lex

/(lĕks)/ · IPA /lɛks/
01 n. Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terræ, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law o…
pl. Leges ((lē"jēz))
  1. 1.
    Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terræ, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.