Leges (plural of Latin

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: ''law'') may refer to:

Literature

* ''Laws'' (dialogue) Plato's last and longest dialogue

Ancient Roman law

* Leges regiae, early Roman laws introduced by the Kings of Rome *

Lex Julia A ''lex Julia'' (plural: ''leges Juliae'') was an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the gens Julia. Most often, "Julian laws", ''lex Julia'' or ''leges Juliae'' refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 23 BC, o ...

(Leges Juliae), ancient Roman laws, introduced by any member of the Julian family *

Leges Clodiae ("Clodian laws") were a series of laws ( plebiscites) passed by the Plebeian Council of the Roman Republic under the tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher in 58 BC. Clodius was a member of the patrician family ("gens") Claudius; the alternative spell ...

, series of laws passed by the Plebeian Council of the Roman Republic * Leges provinciae, 146 BC laws concerning the regulation and administration of Roman provinces *

Lex Antonia The ''Leges Antoniae'' (Latin for '' Antonine's laws'') were an ensemble of Roman laws passed by Mark Antony in the aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar, on 15 March 44 BC. History After the assassination of Julius Caesar, the consu ...

(Leges Antoniae), law established in ancient Rome in 44 BC *

Lex Licinia Sextia The Licino-Sextian rogations were a series of laws proposed by tribunes of the plebs, Gaius Licinius Stolo and Lucius Sextius Lateranus, enacted around 367 BC. Livy calls them ''rogatio'' – though he does refer to them at times as ''lex' ...

(Leges Liciniae Sextiae), Roman law which restored the consulship in 367 BCE

Laws in other governments

Leges Henrici Primi The ''Leges Henrici Primi'' or ''Laws of Henry I'' is a legal treatise, written in about 1115, that records the legal customs of medieval England in the reign of King Henry I of England. Although it is not an official document, it was written ...

, legal treatise, written circa 1115, on legal customs of medieval England * Leges palatinae, laws governing the functioning of the royal court of the Kingdom of Majorca *

Leges Edwardi Confessoris The title ''Leges Edwardi Confessoris'', or ''Laws of Edward the Confessor'', refers to a collection of laws, purporting to represent English law in the time of Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066), as recited to the Norman invader king W ...

, early twelfth-century English collection of 39 laws *

Leges Genuciae ''Leges Genuciae'' (also ''Lex Genucia'' or ''Lex Genucia de feneratione'') were laws passed in 342 BC by Tribune of the Plebs Lucius Genucius. These laws covered several topics: they banned lending that carried interest, which soon was not enforc ...

, laws proposed in 342 BCE by plebeian consul Lucius Genucius * Leges barbarorum; see

Early Germanic law Germanic law is a scholarly term used to described a series of commonalities between the various law codes (the ''Leges Barbarorum'', 'laws of the barbarians', also called Leges) of the early Germanic peoples. These were compared with statements ...

Sacrae Disciplinae Leges The 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title ''Codex Iuris Canonici''), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the second and current comp ...

, 1983 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul II *

Leges inter Brettos et Scottos The Leges inter Brettos et Scottos or Laws of the Brets and Scots was a legal codification under David I of Scotland (reigned 1124 – 1153). Only a small fragment of the original document survives, describing the penalties for several offences ...

, legal codification under David I of Scotland *

Welsh law Welsh law ( cy, Cyfraith Cymru) is an autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd.Law Society of England and Wales (2019)England and Wales: A World Jurisdiction of Choice eport(Link accessed: 16 March 20 ...

(Leges Walliae) *

Edictum Rothari The ''Edictum Rothari'' (lit. ''Edict of Rothari''; also ''Edictus Rothari'' or ''Edictum Rotharis'') was the first written compilation of Lombard law, codified and promulgated on 22 November 643 by King Rothari in Pavia by a gairethinx, an ass ...

(Leges Langobardorum) 643 CE compilation of Lombard law

Phrases

Inter arma enim silent leges ''Inter arma enim silent lēgēs'' is a Latin phrase that literally means "For among arms, the laws are silent" but is more popularly rendered as "In times of war, the law falls silent." Ancient Rome The aphorism was likely first written in these ...

("In times of war, the law falls silent"), phrase attributed to Cicero * Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of the series * Leges sine Moribus vanae, motto of

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Other uses

* , a Roman Catholic titular bishopric in modern Algeria; see Numidia#Episcopal sees

Literature

Ancient Roman law

Laws in other governments

Phrases

Other uses

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