for their adoption. Heinecc. Ant. Rom. lib. 1, tit, 2—Legem habere. To be capable of giving evidence upon oath. Witnesses who had been convicted of crime were incapable of giving evidence, until 6 & 7 Vict. c. 85.—.Legem jubere. In Roman law. To give consent and authority to a proposed law; . to make or pass it. Tayl. Civil Law, 9.—Legem pone. To ropound or lay down the law. By an extremey obscure derivation or analogy, this term was formerly used as a slang equivalent for payment in cash or in ready money.—Legem scis~ cere. To give consent and authority to a proposed law; applied to the consent of the pec: ple.—Legem wadiare. In old English . law. To wage law; to offer or to give pledge to make defense, by oath, with compurgators.