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"ref": "1994, Donna K Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, The Second Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-2)",
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"english": "The universal law is that which ordains that we are to be born and to die.\ndura lex, sed lex.\nThe law is tough but it is the law.",
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},
{
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{
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{
"word": "scītum"
}
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"extra": "salmon",
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"word": "lex Bratt"
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{
"word": "lex Maria"
},
{
"word": "lex rei sitae"
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"word": "lex specialis"
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"word": "lex Thyrén"
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"word": "lex Uggla"
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"word": "lex Åberg"
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