Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Princeps legibus solutus est

The emperor is not bound by statutes. Dig. 1.3.31.

Solutus

[Latin fr. solvere "to loose"] 1. Roman law. Set free; released from confinement. 2. Scots law. Purged, esp. in reference to counsel.

legibus solutus

adj [Latin "released from the laws"] Roman law, (Of the emperor or other designated person not bound by the law.