lex
1 Americannoun
plural
legesabbreviation
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lexical.
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lexicon.
noun
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a system or body of laws
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a particular specified law
Etymology
Origin of lex
First recorded in 1490–1500, lex is from the Latin word lēx
Example Sentences
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He told AFP Babis most probably complied with the Czech conflict of interest law, dubbed "lex Babis".
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
But dura lex, sed lex — the law is hard, but it is the law — and the law in California forbade slavery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021
Salus populi suprema lex, he reminds us: public health must be the highest law.
From Nature • Oct. 14, 2019
The classical root of “privilege,” privus lex, means “private law.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2018
Thus Descartes opted for the least common phrase available to him in French as a translation for lex naturae in order to give his phrase a precise reference to scientific laws, not moral ones.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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