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legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)to vote for a law.Rate it:

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legem tollere (Leg. 2. 12. 31)to abolish a law.Rate it:

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legi intercedereto protest against a law (used of the veto, intercessio, of plebeian tribunes).Rate it:

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lex dubia non obligat(law) A doubtful law is not binding.Rate it:

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lex iubet, vetat (dilucide, planissime)the law orders, forbids (expressly, distinctly).Rate it:

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lex perfertura law is adopted.Rate it:

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lex rata est (opp. irrita)a law is valid.Rate it:

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litem alicui intendereto go to law with, sue a person.Rate it:

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litterae latinaeRoman literature.Rate it:

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memoria rerum RomanarumRoman history (as tradition).Rate it:

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memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenereto be well versed in Roman history.Rate it:

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mobilia sequuntur personamCommon law doctrine holding that personal property held by a person is governed by the same law that governs that person, so that if a person who is legally domiciled in one jurisdiction dies with property in a second jurisdiction, that property is legally treated as though it were in the first jurisdiction.Rate it:

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more Catholic than the PopeAdhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.Rate it:

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nulla pœna sine legeThe principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.Rate it:

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omnia iura pervertereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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par delictumThe par delictum rule prescribes that a party should not obtain satisfaction from a court of law with where his own conduct is wrongful.Rate it:

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public commentInput given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period-and by means-set aside and prescribed by law.Rate it:

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quid pro quo(law) A form of sexual discrimination where a person implicitly or explicitly offers something in exchange for sexual favours.Rate it:

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res gestae RomanorumRoman history (i.e. the events in it).Rate it:

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res RomanaeRoman history (i.e. the events in it).Rate it:

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salvis legibus (vid. sect. X. 7, note Notice...)without breaking the law.Rate it:

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se faire raison à soi-mêmeTo take the law into one’s own hands.Rate it:

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sententia or voluntas legisthe spirit of the law.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgea critique of a law where circumstances are ignored.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgeTo be formally, but not actually, equal under the law.Rate it:

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Solo lege sanxit, ut or neSolo ordained by law that...Rate it:

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stand trialTo be put on trial in a court of law.Rate it:

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summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour.Rate it:

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sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)for a Roman he is decidedly well educated.Rate it:

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suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum)to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis).Rate it:

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teach awayIn patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.Rate it:

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to sing like a canaryto squeal to the law on one's accomplicesRate it:

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unus e togatorum numeroan ordinary, average Roman citizen.Rate it:

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verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)to hold by the letter (of the law).Rate it:

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walk the lineTo behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control.Rate it:

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אין דין ואין דייןNo one is enforcing law and order.Rate it:

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