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Lex scripta
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Lex scriptaLex scripta or law written. This consists of the constitution of the United States the constitutions of the several states the acts of the different legislatures, as the acts of congress, and of the legislatures of the several states, and of treaties.
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Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
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Lex arbitri
Curial law or lex arbitri. The law governing the procedure of the court or arbitral tribunal itself.
Lex causae
The law applicable to the case.
Lex domicilli
The law of the place of domicil.
Lex falcidia
Civil law. The name of a law which permitted a testator to dispose of three-fourtbs of his property, but he could not deprive his heir of the other fourth. It was made during the reign of Augustus, about the year of Rome 714, on the requisition of Falcidius, a tribune.
Lex fori
Practice. The law of the court or forum.
Lex fori theory of conflicts of law
Refuting the vested rightsdoctrine espoused by Beale, Walter W. Cook, in his lex fori theory of conflicts of law, argued against the notion that any right, including a foreign right, can be vested. Instead, Cook contended that courts do not "enforce" rights created under foreign law, but rather enforce domestic rights, which they themselves choose to create and enforce. Implicit in Cook's theory is a bias in favour of the law of the forum, or a "homeward trend," demonstrating a preference for the application by American judges of local law.
Lex loci
The law of the place.
Lex loci contractus
The law of the place of conclusion of the contracting.
Lex loci damni
The law of the place where the injury occurs. In other words, if an injury appears in another country, the laws of that country governs, provided that the tortfeasor should have foreseen that the damage would occur there.
Lex loci delicti
The law of the place of the tort/delict.
Lex loci solutionis
The law of the place of performance of the contract.
Lex longobardorum
The name of an ancient code in force among the Lombards. It contains many evident traces of feudal policy. It survived the destruction of the ancient government of Lombardy by Charlemagne, and is said to be still partially in force in some districts of Italy.
Lex mercatoria
That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu inutilia peragenda
The law forces no one to do vain or useless things.
Lex non cogit impossibilia
The law does not require impossible things.
Lex non scripta
Lex non scripta or unwritten law. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs.
Lex rei sitę
The law of the place where the thing in dispute is situated.
Lex solutionis
The law of the place of performance.
Lex talionis
The law of retaliation an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c.
Lex terae
The law of the land. The phrase is used to distinguisb this from the civil or Roman law.
Lex terrę
The law of the land.
Lex vigilantibus favet
The law sustains the watchful.
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Lex mercatoria
That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu inutilia peragenda
The law forces no one to do vain or useless things.
Lex non cogit impossibilia
The law does not require impossible things.
Lex non scripta
Lex non scripta or unwritten law. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs.
Lex rei sitę
The law of the place where the thing in dispute is situated.
Lex scripta
Lex solutionis
The law of the place of performance.
Lex talionis
The law of retaliation an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c.
Lex terae
The law of the land. The phrase is used to distinguisb this from the civil or Roman law.
Lex terrę
The law of the land.
Lex vigilantibus favet
The law sustains the watchful.
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Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Lex arbitri
Curial law or lex arbitri. The law governing the procedure of the court or arbitral tribunal itself.
Lex causae
The law applicable to the case.
Lex domicilli
The law of the place of domicil.
Lex falcidia
Civil law. The name of a law which permitted a testator to dispose of three-fourtbs of his property, but he could not deprive his heir of the other fourth. It was made during the reign of Augustus, about the year of Rome 714, on the requisition of Falcidius, a tribune.
Lex fori
Practice. The law of the court or forum.
Lex fori theory of conflicts of law
Refuting the vested rightsdoctrine espoused by Beale, Walter W. Cook, in his lex fori theory of conflicts of law, argued against the notion that any right, including a foreign right, can be vested. Instead, Cook contended that courts do not "enforce" rights created under foreign law, but rather enforce domestic rights, which they themselves choose to create and enforce. Implicit in Cook's theory is a bias in favour of the law of the forum, or a "homeward trend," demonstrating a preference for the application by American judges of local law.
Lex loci
The law of the place.
Lex loci contractus
The law of the place of conclusion of the contracting.
Lex loci damni
The law of the place where the injury occurs. In other words, if an injury appears in another country, the laws of that country governs, provided that the tortfeasor should have foreseen that the damage would occur there.
Lex loci delicti
The law of the place of the tort/delict.
Lex loci solutionis
The law of the place of performance of the contract.
Lex longobardorum
The name of an ancient code in force among the Lombards. It contains many evident traces of feudal policy. It survived the destruction of the ancient government of Lombardy by Charlemagne, and is said to be still partially in force in some districts of Italy.
Lex mercatoria
That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu inutilia peragenda
The law forces no one to do vain or useless things.
Lex non cogit impossibilia
The law does not require impossible things.
Lex non scripta
Lex non scripta or unwritten law. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs.
Lex rei sitę
The law of the place where the thing in dispute is situated.
Lex solutionis
The law of the place of performance.
Lex talionis
The law of retaliation an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c.
Lex terae
The law of the land. The phrase is used to distinguisb this from the civil or Roman law.
Lex terrę
The law of the land.
Lex vigilantibus favet
The law sustains the watchful.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Lex mercatoria
That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu inutilia peragenda
The law forces no one to do vain or useless things.
Lex non cogit impossibilia
The law does not require impossible things.
Lex non scripta
Lex non scripta or unwritten law. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs.
Lex rei sitę
The law of the place where the thing in dispute is situated.
Lex scripta
Lex solutionis
The law of the place of performance.
Lex talionis
The law of retaliation an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c.
Lex terae
The law of the land. The phrase is used to distinguisb this from the civil or Roman law.
Lex terrę
The law of the land.
Lex vigilantibus favet
The law sustains the watchful.
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