DE LEGE LATA

DE LEGE LATA

de lege lata (dee lee-jee lay-t[schwa]). [Latin ¡°from law passed¡±] Int’l law.

1. Existing law.

2. The principle that a court should decide based on actual law and not on how it thinks the law ought to be. Cf. DE LEGE FERENDA.


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