REX

Lat. The king. The king regard- ed as the party prosecuting in a criminal ac- tion; as in the form of entitling such actions, "Rex v. Doe." Rex debet esse sub lege quia lex facit regem. The king ought to be under the law, because the law makes the king. 1 Bl. Comm. 239. Rex est legalis et politicus. Lane, 27. The king is both a legal and political person. Rex est lex vivens. Jenk. Cent. 17. The king is the living law. Rex est major singulis, minor uni- versis. Bract. 1. 1, c. 8. The king is great- er than any single person, less than all. Rex hoc solum non potest facere quod non potest injuste agere. 11 Coke, 72. The king can do everything but an injustice. Rex non debit esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et sub lege, quia lex facit re- gem. Bract. fol. 5. The king ought to be under no man, but under God and the law, because the law makes a king. Broom, Max. 47. Rex non potest peccare. The king cannot do wrong; the king can do no wrong. 2 Rolle, 304. An ancient and fundamental principle of the English constitution. Jenk. Cent. p. 9, case 16; 1 Bl. Comm. 246. Rex nunquam moritur. The king never dies. Broom, Max. 50; Branch, Max. (5th Ed.) 197; 1 Bl. Comm. 249.

lat. The king. The king regarded as the party prosecuting in a criminal ac tion; as in the form of entitling such ac tions, “Rex vy. Doe.” Rex debet esse sub lege quia lex facit regem. The king ought to be under the law, because the law makes the king. 1 BL Comm. 239. Rex est legalis et politicus. Lane, 27. The king is both a legal and political person. _ Rex est lex vivens. Jenk. Cent. 17. The King is the living law. Rex est major singulis, minor universis. Bract. 1.1, ¢c. 8. The king is greater than any single person, less than all. Rex hoc solum non potest facere quod non, potest injuste agere. 11 Coke, 72. The king can do everything but an injustice. Rex non debit esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et sub lege, quia lex facit regem. Bract. fol. 5. The king ought to be under no man, but under God and the law, because the law makes a king. Broom, Max. 47. Rex non potest peccare. The king cannot do wrong; the king can do no wrong. 2 Rolle, 304. An ancient and fundamental principle of the English constitution. Jenk. Cent. p. 9, case 16; 1 Bl. Comm. 246. Rex nungquam moritur. The king never dies. Broom, Max. 50: Branch, Max. (5th Ed.) 197; 1 Bl. Comm. 249.

See KING.

A king. To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]

The reigning king. | A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today. | A popular name for a dog. | An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. | A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.

A king, particularly in ancient Rome. | An animal which has a genetic recessive variation that causes the guard hairs to be very short or fully lacking.

To breed (an animal) to have this kind of hair.