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Augusta

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. In the Roman law. The title of the wife of the emperor, (Augustus;) corresponding with queen consort in English law.

1 Bl. Com. 218.

It was first given to Livia, the wife of Augustus, but finally became a common title of the mother, wife, sister, or daughter of an emperor. Tacit. Annal. i.

8. P.

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Augusta legibus soluta non est; the empress or queen is not privileged or exempted from subjection to the laws.

1 Bl. Com. 219. Dig. 1. 3. 31.