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Webster 1913 Edition
Lex
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Lex
(lĕks)
, Noun.
pl.
Leges
(lē′jēz)
. [L. See
Legal
.] 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.