noun
- Plural of lex; laws or legal codes, especially in Roman law or formal legal contexts.
Usage: formal; chiefly historical or legal
Examples
- The Roman leges were compiled into the Justinian Code.
- Medieval scholars studied the leges of ancient civilizations.
- The leges of the realm were strictly enforced by the crown.
- Constitutional leges form the foundation of modern governance.
- Historians debate the interpretation of the earliest leges.