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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Lese-majesty

Lese-māj'es-ty, n.

noun

(lēz-), n. See LEZE-MAJESTY.

Lēze-mā’jes-ty, n.

noun

n. [From læ sus, f. læsa, injured, p. p. of lædere, to injure, hurt, and majestas, majesty; that is, crimen læse majestatis; Fr. (crime de) lèse-majesté.] [Written also lese-majesty.] (Law.) Any crime committed against sovereign power.