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.