A term in English law signifying treason, borrowed from the
Romans. The contriving, or counselling or consenting to the
king's death, or sedition against the king, are included in
the crime of "lese-majesty."
_W. Stubbs,
Constitutional History of England,
chapter 21, section 786._
LE TELLIER, and the suppression of Port Royal.
See PORT ROYAL AND THE JANSENISTS: A. D. 1702-1715.
LETTER OF MAJESTY, The.
See BOHEMIA. A. D. 1611-1618.