English
lex lata
Lex lata comes from Latin lēx lāta ‘the law borne’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēx lāta‘the law borne’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002lex lata
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēx lāta‘the law borne’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002lex lata
Earliest quotation: 2002, Netherlands Yearbook of International La: “Lex ferenda serves as a label for something which…”
Every English word from Latin lēx lāta
Today it means
noun The law as it is.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lēx lāta / lex lata