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lex loci
[ leks loh-sahy, -kee, -kahy ]
noun
- the law of a place.
lex loci
/ ˈləʊsaɪ; -kiː /
noun
- the law of the place
Word History and Origins
Origin of lex loci1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lex loci1
Example Sentences
In defiance of the lex loci, which rightfully enjoins solemnity of demeanor, in such a place—and of all my reverence for Isaac Johnson, and those illustrious men, who slumber there, I was actually seized with a fit of uncontrollable laughter; and came to the conclusion, that this sacrilegious transposition must have been the work of Punch, or Puck, or some Lord of misrule.
It must be known that in the laws of nations the spirit of international morality, namely, justice and equity, has greater weight than municipal laws, lex loci.
I may further add that the above is the raison d'être why prize courts of different countries make it their theory, unlike ordinary civil or criminal courts, that they administer prima facie the law of nations and not lex loci.
All the formal preliminaries, such as publication of banns, or license, and consent of the parties entitled to give or withhold consent according to the lex loci contractus, must be complied with.
The law of the place where marriage is celebrated—that is, the lex loci celebrationis—alone guides the court in ascertaining whether or not a marriage is regular.
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