LEX APPARENS

By SovConn | August 28, 2013

lex apparens (leks <<schwa>>-par-enz), n.[Law Latin “apparent law”] Hist. The legal processes of trial by ordeal or wager of battle. • The plaintiff could not summon the defendant for trial by these processes before establishing a clear or apparent right through testimony. See ORDEAL.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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