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Majesty

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A term used of kings and emperors as a title of honor. It sometimes means power; as when we say, the majesty of the people.

See Wolff. Inst. § 998.