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Lex

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lex'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lex.html. 1828.