"lex regia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Literally, “(the) royal law”. The process by which the term came to refer to the definitive transfer of authority from the Roman people to the emperor is obscure and controversial: although Ulpian (c. 220 CE) uses the term in describing the emergence of the principate, it is unclear whether he intended it specifically or in the generic sense of a royal law; it has also been argued that its appearance in Ulpian is a later Byzantine interpolation. The particular sense was established by the time of the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian (529–34). Etymology templates: {{unk|la|obscure and controversial}} obscure and controversial, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|220 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>|short=1}} c. 220 CE Head templates: {{la-noun|lex/lēg<3.F> rēgia<+>}} lex rēgia f (genitive lēgis rēgiae); third declension, {{tlb|la|law}} (law) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lex/lēg<3.F> rēgia<+>}} Forms: lex rēgia [canonical, feminine], lēgis rēgiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lex rēgia [nominative, singular], lēgēs rēgiae [nominative, plural], lēgis rēgiae [genitive, singular], lēgum rēgiārum [genitive, plural], lēgī rēgiae [dative, singular], lēgibus rēgiīs [dative, plural], lēgem rēgiam [accusative, singular], lēgēs rēgiās [accusative, plural], lēge rēgiā [ablative, singular], lēgibus rēgiīs [ablative, plural], lex rēgia [singular, vocative], lēgēs rēgiae [plural, vocative]
  1. (Ancient Rome, usually in the plural) One of a group of ancient laws attributed to the Roman kings. Tags: Ancient-Rome, declension-3, plural-normally Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-lex_regia-la-noun-mF3LtnL2 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 47 53 Topics: law
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) The irrevocable transfer of supreme power from the Roman people to the emperor, the basis of secular monarchy. Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-lex_regia-la-noun-5eivbruG Disambiguation of Law: 41 59 Categories (other): Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rēgia lex
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