Lese-majestie

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 59

lēz′-maj′es-ti, n. any crime committed against the sovereign power in a state, treason.—Also Leze′-maj′esty . [O. Fr.,—Low L. læsa majestas —L. læsa — lædĕre , to hurt, majestas , majesty.]