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Majestas

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Majesty.

It was used in the Roman law to denote the supreme power in the state; also, as a contraction for lassa majestas or crimen Icesce majesiatis, i.e. treason.