- plural of lex.
leges
Americannoun
noun
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There is an old Latin phrase, inter arma enim silent leges, which roughly translates as "in time of war, the Constitution is silent."
From Time • Jun. 23, 2011
Tucked away in western Massachusetts are four of the better U.S. col leges: Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst and the University of Massachusetts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Office of Education reported that enrollments in U.S. schools and col leges, both public and private, have gone up again for the eleventh straight year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides, says Caltech's Dean of Admissions Winchester Jones, the system is "unfair to the candidate" because col leges would spurn second-choosers.
From Time Magazine Archive
An eminent philosopher of olden times exclaimed, and not without much indignation, "Quid leges sine moribus?" and might we not say with equal propriety, Quid republica sine moribus?
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
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