leges
/lee-jeez; Latin le-ges/US // ˈli dʒiz; Latin ˈlɛ gɛs //UK // (ˈliːdʒiːz) //
法律,法律条款,法律规定,法律规定的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : plural of lex.
Examples
Nolumus leges Angliæ—— He just stopped himself from the quotation.
War is lawless, as Cicero observed: "Silent leges inter arma."
The maxim, inter arma silent leges, is suspended by the edicts of diplomacy!
Anno trecentesimo ab urbe condita pro duobus consulibus decemviri creati sunt, qui adlatas e Graecia leges populo proponerent.
An element of which we hear little in later days, is prominent in the Leges, the element of rank or personal status.
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