Lèse-majesté
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l-se-majest-187-12946706
title:
Lèse-majesté
text:
Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state or of the state itself. The English name for this crime is a modernised borrowing from the medieval French, where the phrase meant 'a crime against the Crown'. In classical Latin, laesa māiestās meant 'hurt/violated majesty' or 'injured sovereignty'. The concept of lèse-majesté expressed the idea of a criminal offence against the dignity of the Roman Republic of ancient Rome. In the Dominate, o
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description:
Offence against the dignity of a reigning head of state
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9
date created:
2004-08-27T09:04:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:07:19Z
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