(GRE Success! ) Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--lex loci

I thought they meant local books, having misinterpreted the root lex
wrongfully.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck,

Srihari

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lex loci

PRONUNCIATION:
 (leks LOH-sy, -kee, -ky) <http://wordsmith.org/words/lex_loci.mp3>

MEANING:
 *noun*: The law of the place.

ETYMOLOGY:
 From Latin lex (law) + locus (place). Earliest documented use: 1832.

NOTES:
 Lex loci says that the law of that country or jurisdiction applies where
the act was done.

USAGE:
 "Another statute book named Conscience is observed lex loci wherever God
sees."
David Mitchell; Cloud Atlas; Random House; 2004.

"He is also survived by his two Labrador retrievers: Lex Loci and Stare
Decisis <http://wordsmith.org/words/stare_decisis.html>."
Obituary: Nathan S. Heffernan, Chief Justice (Ret.); Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel; Apr 17, 2007.

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