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lese majesty

Leze majesty \Leze` maj"es*ty\ (l[=e]z` m[a^]j"[e^]s*t[y^]) n. [F. lese-majest['e], fr. L. laesus, fem. laesa, injured (see Lesion) + majestas majesty; that is, crimen laesae majestatis.] [Written also lese majesty.] (Law) Any crime committed against the sovereign power.

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lese majesty

n. The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.

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lese majesty

n. a crime that undermines the offender's government [syn: treason, high treason]

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Lese Majesty

Lese Majesty is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces, released on July 29, 2014. The album features contributions from THEESatisfaction’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood and Thadillac. The album was produced by Shabazz Palaces and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seattle.

Usage examples of "lese majesty".

Under Rodric, lese majesty had been reinstated as a capital crime and men could not express their grievances publicly.

He prostrated himself again, then rose and backed away from the throne till he had gone far enough to turn his back without committing lese majesty.

High Admiral Matthews would take my head off if anyone suggested I was offering you lese majesty in public!

It was the royal dungeon, by the way, that Polyeidus disappeared from: Eurymede had sentenced him to death for fraud, imposture, false counsel, and lese majesty.

Under other circumstances, that would have been lese majesty enough to cost the vizier his shell, one painful bit at a time.

He had never seen the fat fool so aroused before, and there seemed to be an excellent chance that the dismissed postilion would retaliate with a right hook to the jaw, or some equally appropriate demonstration of lese majesty.

Normally, that was as close to lese majesty as made no difference.

In France, before the time of Louis IX, duels were permitted only in cases of Lese Majesty, Rape, Incendiarism, Assassination, and Burglary.

Merlin muttered, far from being conned but careful not to sink into lese majesty.