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
The project will include 17 major buildings housing a medical center, a 4 million-volume library and seven col leges where Saudis will study disciplines ranging from dentistry and engineering to agriculture and marketing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There will be special rates for col leges, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
This last is imperfectly rendered in the English word "custom," is more definitely expressed in the French word moeurs, and is admirably conveyed by Horace in the words Quid leges sine moribus Vanae proficiunt?
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond
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