LIBERAM LEGEM AMITTERE

liberam legem amittere (lib-[schwa]r-[schwa]m lee-j[schwa]m [schwa]-mit-[schwa]-ree). [Latin] Hist. To lose one’s free law. • This phrase refers to falling, by crime or infamy, from the status of libera lex. By what was known as a “villenous judgment,” a person would be discredited as juror and witness, would forfeit goods and chattels and lands for life, […]