Leges (plural of Latin
lex
Lex or LEX may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lex'', a daily featured column in the ''Financial Times''
Games
* Lex, the mascot of the word-forming puzzle video game ''Bookworm''
* Lex, the protagonist of the word-forming puzzle video ga ...
: ''law'') may refer to:
Literature
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''Laws'' (dialogue) Plato's last and longest dialogue
Ancient Roman law
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Leges regiae
The ('royal laws') were early Roman laws, which classical historians, such as Plutarch, mentioned had been introduced by the Kings of Rome.
Though sometimes questioned, scholars generally accept that the laws (or their ultimate sources) originate ...
, early Roman laws introduced by the Kings of Rome
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Lex Julia
A ''lex Julia'' (plural: ''leges Juliae'') was an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the gens Julia. Most often, "Julian laws", ''lex Julia'' or ''leges Juliae'' refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 23 BC, o ...
(Leges Juliae), ancient Roman laws, introduced by any member of the Julian family
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Leges Clodiae, series of laws passed by the Plebeian Council of the Roman Republic
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Leges provinciae
The were sets of laws first enacted in 146 BC designed to aid in the regulation and administration of the Roman provinces. Written specifically for each province, the was drafted by the victorious general with the help of a commission of ten ', o ...
, 146 BC laws concerning the regulation and administration of Roman provinces
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Lex Antonia (Leges Antoniae), law established in ancient Rome in 44 BC
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Lex Licinia Sextia
The Licino-Sextian rogations were a series of laws proposed by tribunes of the plebs, Gaius Licinius Stolo and Lucius Sextius Lateranus, enacted around 367 BC. Livy calls them ''rogatio'' – though he does refer to them at times as ''lex' ...
(Leges Liciniae Sextiae), Roman law which restored the consulship in 367 BCE
Laws in other governments
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Leges Henrici Primi
The ''Leges Henrici Primi'' or ''Laws of Henry I'' is a legal treatise, written in about 1115, that records the legal customs of medieval England in the reign of King Henry I of England. Although it is not an official document, it was written ...
, legal treatise, written circa 1115, on legal customs of medieval England
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Leges palatinae
The ''Leges palatinae'' ("Palatine Laws") were the laws governing the functioning of the royal court of the Kingdom of Majorca, promulgated by James III at Palma on 9 May 1337. The ''Leges'' were probably conceived to lend weight to James's posi ...
, laws governing the functioning of the royal court of the Kingdom of Majorca
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Leges Edwardi Confessoris, early twelfth-century English collection of 39 laws
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Leges Genuciae, laws proposed in 342 BCE by plebeian consul Lucius Genucius
* Leges barbarorum; see
Early Germanic law
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Sacrae Disciplinae Leges, 1983 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul II
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Leges inter Brettos et Scottos, legal codification under David I of Scotland
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Welsh law
Welsh law ( cy, Cyfraith Cymru) is an autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd.Law Society of England and Wales (2019)England and Wales: A World Jurisdiction of Choice eport(Link accessed: 16 March 2022 ...
(Leges Walliae)
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Edictum Rothari
The ''Edictum Rothari'' (lit. ''Edict of Rothari''; also ''Edictus Rothari'' or ''Edictum Rotharis'') was the first written compilation of Lombards, Lombard law, codified and promulgated on 22 November 643 by King Rothari in Pavia by a gairethinx, ...
(Leges Langobardorum) 643 CE compilation of Lombard law
Phrases
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Inter arma enim silent leges ("In times of war, the law falls silent"), phrase attributed to Cicero
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Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of the series
* Leges sine Moribus vanae, motto of
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
Other uses
* , a Roman Catholic titular bishopric in modern Algeria; see
Numidia#Episcopal sees
See also
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Lex (disambiguation)
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Legibus (disambiguation) Legibus, dative and ablative plural for Latin ''lex'' (law), may refer to:
;Literature
*De Legibus a dialogue written by Marcus Tullius Cicero
*''De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae'', work by Henry de Bracton
*''De legibus naturae'', work by Ric ...
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