Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ley
Meaning of Ley
Law.
Ley Alternative Definition
(Old Fr.; a corruption of lot). Law. For example, Termes de la Ley, Terms of the Law. In another, and an old technical, sense, ley signifies an oath, or the oath with compurgators; as, il tend sa ley aiu pleyntiffe. Britt. c. 27.
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This definition of Ley is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Concept of “Ley”
Traditional meaning of ley in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) Law; an oath. Ley gager: wager of law.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Ley”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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