Princeps
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat.
In old English law
The king. Princeps et respublica ex justa causa possunt rem meam auferre: the king and the state [the government] may take my property for just cause. In the civil law. The prince; the emperor. Princeps legibus solutus est: the emperor is released from the laws; is not bound by the laws.