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Rex Non Potest Peccare

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The king can do no wrong. 2 Rolle, 304; Jenk. Cent. Cas. 9, 308; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 51; 1 Bl. Comm. 246.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The king cannot commit wrong.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The king cannot do wrong; the king can do no wrong. 2 Rolle, 304. An ancient and fundamental principle of the" English constitution. Jenk. Cent. p. 9, case 16; 1 Bl. Comm. 246.