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lege
law /ˈle.dʒe/
noun#587 most common
Also: statute, act (of parliament)
Example sentences
Legea este importantă.
The law is important.
Trebuie să respectăm legea.
We must respect the law.
Legea a fost adoptată de parlament anul trecut.
The law was passed by parliament last year.
Potrivit legii, toți cetățenii sunt egali.
According to the law, all citizens are equal.
Legile acestei țări se schimbă des din cauza instabilității politice.
This country's laws change often because of political instability.
Dincolo de litera legii, există un spirit al legii pe care judecătorii trebuie să-l interpreteze cu discernământ.
Beyond the letter of the law, there is a spirit of the law that judges must interpret with discernment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lege | legi |
| Genitive | legii | legilor |
| Accusative | lege | legi |
| Vocative | lege | legi |
Word family
legallegal, lawfulilegalillegal
legiuirelegislation, lawmaking
legiferato legislate
legislațielegislation, body of laws
Etymology
Lege comes from Latin lex, legis, meaning law or statute. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged as it passed down from spoken Latin in the region. The Latin lex is traditionally linked to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to gather or collect, since early law was seen as a formal collection of rules.
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