lei

Concepts

law

rule

legislation

act

jurisprudence

decree

decrees

deed

edict

guideline

law of nature

laws

measure

ordinance

penal law

public law

regulation

statute

statutory law

legal rule

acts

bill

canon

civil law

Synonyms

regra

regulamento

legislação

leis

actos legislativos

ciências jurídicas

jurisprudência

Direito criminal

Direito penal

Direito público

Projecto de lei

regulamentos

acto

Leis

norma

decreto

Direito

Decreto

Decreto-lei

Direito civil

Translations

loi

ley

legge

Gesetz

wet

lex

llei

νόμος

droit

kanun

yasa

zagon

قَانُون

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlej/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: lex

Cognate with Galician: lei

Cognate with Spanish: ley

Cognate with Catalan: llei

Cognate with Occitan: lei

Cognate with French: loi

Cognate with Italian: legge

Cognate with Romanian: lege

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

Sentences

A lei é a morte do amor .

The law is the death of love.

Não há amor tão quente que a lei não esfriaria .

There is no love so hot that the law would not cool.

Subsídios para o culto religioso deixam de existir com esta nova lei .

Subsidies for religious worship cease to exist with this new law.

Caberá ao réu comprovar o cumprimento do que está de acordo com a lei .

It will be up to the defendant to prove compliance with what is in accordance with the law.