DUX

In Roman law. A leader or milltary commander. The commander of an army. Dig. 3, 2, 2, pr. In feudal and old European law. Duke; • title of horror, or order of nob111ty. 1 BL Comm. 397; Crabb, Eng. Law, 236. In later law. A mllitary governor of a province. See Cod. 1, Zl, 2. A mllltary officer having charge of the borders or frontiers of the empire, called "dua; limit i8." Cod. 1, 49, 1, pr. At this period, tl'fe word began to be used as a title of horror or dignity. [s. 411]