lex, legis (f)
law From the Vulgate
Non veni solvere legem sed adimplere (I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill) — Matt 5:17
In Scripture
quia lex per Moysen data est, gratia et veritas per Jesum Christum facta est.
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Ioannes 1 · 17