Definition of "leges" []

• Plural of lex. (noun)

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• "It was from the circumstance of the curiæ having persisted under the kings until the time of Servius, and the reign of the later Tarquin not being deemed legal, that the royal laws were generally distinguished by the name of leges curiatæ."
• "In the next paragraph he speaks of the so-called leges regiœ as collected and still extant in the book of Sextus Papirius."
• "Adherence to the letter and spirit of our state constitution by our leges is the exception to the rule."