This terminology is common in many countries, and originated from the " Lex Sempronia Agraria " or " agrarian laws " of Rome in 133 BC, imposed by Tiberius Gracchus, that seized public land ( ager publicus ) used by the rich and distributed it to the poor.

One theory is that they or part of them dwelt or moved among other coastal people perhaps confederated up to the basin of the Saale ( in the neighbourhood of the ancient canton of Engilin ) on the Unstrut valleys below the Kyffhäuserkreis, from which region the Lex Angliorum et Werinorum hoc est Thuringorum is believed by many to have come.

Lex Luthor, other supervillains, and various civilians have learned the secret identity several times, though their knowledge is usually been removed through various means ( the boxer Muhammad Ali is one of the very few to deduce the identity and retain the knowledge ).

Later in the film, when the need to change is more urgent ( as he believes the city is about to be poisoned by Lex Luthor ), he simply jumps out a window of the Daily Planet offices, changing at super-speed as he falls ( the film merely shows the falling Kent blurring into a falling Superman ) and flies off.

Lex Luthor's father, Lionel Luthor, is an unscrupulous industrialist with whom Lex has a troubled relationship.

There is also a legend of the origins of the Lex Frisionum, the written Frisian law.

Alexander Joseph " Lex " Luthor is a fictional character supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics.

In the origin story printed in Adventure Comics # 271 ( April 1960 ), young Lex Luthor is shown as an aspiring scientist who resides in Smallville, the hometown of Superboy.

The Modern Age Lex Luthor is a product of child abuse and early poverty.

One plot element shared by the comic and the show is Lex Luthor's problematic relationship with his wealthy father, Lionel.

As outlined in a backup profile in the 52 weekly series, the post-Action Comics # 850 Lex Luthor in this continuity is the son of business mogul Lionel Luthor and his socialite spouse, Leticia.

However, in the 2009-2010 series Superman: Secret Origin, Lex, his father, and his sister Lena Luthor are poor and Lionel is an abusive alcoholic.

In both versions, Lex Luthor leaves Smallville " under a cloud of rumor and suspicion ", when his father is mysteriously killed.

Luthor decides to fake his own death by piloting a prototype jet on a proposed trip around the world and crashing it in the Andes ; this is merely a cover for the removal of his brain from his cancer-ridden body and the growth of a cloned body around it, whereupon he passes himself off as his hitherto unknown, illegitimate 21-year-old son and heir, Lex Luthor II.

Though Alexander's body had a missing finger and a different appearance from Lex at the time of his death, 52 editor Stephen Wacker has confirmed that the body found in Gotham is indeed Alex, and that Luthor had it altered before the police discovered it.

Lex is disgraced as a result, and later faces indictment when the members of the Everymen realize they have been used.

As Lex Luthor attempts to ambush Libra after learning that he is a prophet of Darkseid, Lex Luthor soon ends up surrounded by Justifiers.

In Final Crisis # 5, Lex Luthor is seen when Libra blames Calculator for cracking the computer codes that will help the resistance.

Lex Luthor is silent on the matter, but has been picked to lead the rearguard action against the heroes at Blüdhaven.

Lex quickly returns to Smallville, where it is revealed that his physically and mentally handicapped sister Lena Luthor is still alive, and living with her daughter Lori.

Superman manages to destroy the Kryptonite-powered ship and recover the crystal-simultaneously confronting Lex with the fact that, despite his claims that Superman has been ' holding him back ' from helping humanity, the only thing he accomplished with Superman being absent for a year was to find a large robot that he used to try to destroy everything -, but Lex manages to escape custody yet again.

Clancy Brown was absent from the movie Superman: Brainiac Attacks so the role of Lex was played by Clancy's Justice League Unlimited co-star Powers Booth.

A short time later, most of the Society's founding council votes to mount a final strike on the Secret Six — Lex Luthor disagrees with a preemptive attack, but the remaining four members ( Black Adam is absent for unknown reasons ) decide the action is necessary.

He also granted their sailors special privileges, including citizenship and exemption from the Lex Papia-Poppaea, a law that regulated marriage.

In " The Secret Revealed ," a super-computer constructed by Lex Luthor calculated Superman's true identity from various information that had been assembled by his staff, but Lex dismissed the idea because he could not believe that someone so powerful would want another, weaker identity.

Lex would like to transcend his family background and be a better person than his father, but after multiple setbacks he slowly slips into evil, becoming convinced that only he can ' protect ' the world from the perceived alien threats by taking control of it, regardless of the cost to others.

The majority of films produced in the Federal Republic in the 1960s were genre works: westerns, especially the series of movies adapted from Karl May's popular genre novels which starred Pierre Brice as the Apache Winnetou and Lex Barker as his white blood brother Old Shatterhand ; thrillers and crime films, notably a series of Edgar Wallace movies in which Klaus Kinski, Heinz Drache, Wolfgang Völz, and Joachim Fuchsberger were among the regular players ; and softcore sex films, both the relatively serious Aufklärungsfilme ( sex education films ) of Oswalt Kolle and such exploitation films as Schulmädchen-Report ( Schoolgirl Report ) ( 1970 ) and its successors.

Using the powers of Lex Hortensia, Tiberius established a commission to oversee the redistribution of land holdings from patricians to peasants.

In the 1986 limited series The Man of Steel, John Byrne redesigned Lex Luthor from scratch, intending to make him a villain that the 1980s would recognize: an evil corporate executive.

" Lex objects, since Superman isn't from Earth.

Having been sent to the prison planet after his Injustice League was defeated, Lex quickly assumes control of the amassed villains, receiving competition only from Joker and Gorilla Grodd, who convince half of the villains to join them.

This time however, Superman prevents Lex from taking his own life again to " cheat justice " and sends him to prison to serve a double life sentence.

Women were largely excluded from inheritance until the Middle Republic, but suffered a legal setback in the passage of the Lex Voconia in 169 BC.

Another important statute from the Republican era is the Lex Aquilia of 286 BC, which may be regarded as the root of modern tort law.

The consuls-designate, Publius Autronius Paetus and Publius Cornelius Sulla, were prevented from entering office because of ambitus, electoral corruption, under the Lex Acilia Calpurnia.

The Roman Lex Regia ( royal law ), later the Lex Caesarea ( imperial law ) of Numa Pompilius ( 715 – 673 BC ), required the child of a mother dead in childbirth be cut from her womb.

* In response to the illegal exercise of citizen rights by foreigners, the Roman Senate passed the Lex Papia, which expelled all foreigners from Rome.

* Lex Acilia Calpurnia: permanent exclusion from office in cases of electoral corruption.

The code, however, appears to have been known amongst the Visigoths by the title of “ Lex Romana ”, or “ Lex Theodosii ”, and it was not until the 16th century that the title of “ Breviarium ” was introduced to distinguish it from a recast of the code, which was introduced into northern Italy in the 9th century for the use of the Romans in Lombardy.

Former mayors include Gary Baildon, Lex Bell, Ray Stevens, Ern Harley and Sir Bruce Small, who was responsible for the development of many of the canal estates that are now home to thousands of Gold Coast residents.

Wright contracted with the Veterans Administration in 1919 to provide care for World War I veterans suffering from lung ailments ; the William L. Sill Tuberculosis Resort operated northwest of Boerne ; and Mrs. Adolph ( Emilie ) Lex opened her home to recovering patients, eventually converting two rooms into operating rooms.

She died as a result of a drug and alcohol overdose on May 1, 2003 in the home she shared with wrestler Lex Luger.

Scarecrow was later seen in costume during Lex Luthor's speech alongside Clayface inside the home of Black Canary and Green Arrow.

It was also the home of " Fraggle Radio ", an internet based station streaming rock and punk music, which was founded by Lex and Davey Carter, and the popular Brook Café provided a late night venue for live alternative music.

The family home was in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl and Lex attended ordinary state primary and secondary schools through which he acquired superior reading skills and was introduced to encyclopedias.

The university Law Forensic Guild debating team was declared the Winner and Champion, taking home Acer laptops and the CD-ROM Lex Libris Law Library Series.