law Copy link Outline I. Of a political, social or moral kind1. lex, lēgis, f. (in most senses of the Eng.)2. jūs, jūris n. (denoting not as lex, strictly one special enactment, but an entire body of laws)3. fas, indecl. (divine as opp. to human law)II. Any regulative principleIII. The books of Moses • law: I. Of a political, social or moral kind: 1. lex, lēgis, f. (in most senses of the Eng.): to give notice of, propose, carry a l., l. promulgare, ferre, perferre, Cic. pass.: to break a l,., l. violare, Cic. in. C. Ant. fr. (v. to break, III.) to proceed according to l., lege agere, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, fin.: law not written but instinctive, lex non scripta sed nata, Cic. Or. 49, 165: a l. of nature (not of human enactment), l. naturae, id. Off. 3, 6, 27 (described as, ratio profecta a rerum natura, id. Leg. 2, 4, 10): natural l. (as a universal power), l. naturalis, id. N. D. 1, 14, init. 2. jūs, jūris n. (denoting not as lex, strictly one special enactment, but an entire body of laws): augural l., jus augurium, Cic. Sen. 4, fin.: civil l., jus civile, Cic. pass.: to declare the l. (magisterially), jus dicere, Paul. Dig. 1, 1, 11: Cic. to lay down the l. (as any experienced person might do when consulted), de jure respondere, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142: civil or canon l., jus Caesareum aut pontificium, Erasm. Coll. II. 54. See also right (subs.). 3. fas, indecl. (divine as opp. to human law): to do away with all l., human and divine, jus ac fas omne delere, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3 Liv.. also, fas et jura (where divine law is chiefly indicated), Virg. G. 1, 268. Phr.: to go to l. with any one, litem alicui intendere: v. action (V.) it is a l. (dictate) of nature, hoc natura praescribit, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 27. II. Any regulative principle: norma. v. rule. III. The books of Moses: lex ("Thora" libri qui dicuntur), Moysis libri quinque.