Offence against the dignity of a reigning head of state

Lese

Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state or of the state itself.

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What Lese has

YScheduled flightsKlagenfurt am Wörthersee (KLU), 44 km
FTrains and coachesTransitous carries 15 timetable feeds for this country, 7 with real-time; a stop for a place this small is unverified
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter share26 share feeds in Transitous, not surfaced yet
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 46 km.

46.529°, 14.894°

The English name for this crime is a borrowing from medieval Anglo-Norman French, where lese majesté, leze majesté or lese magestate meant 'an offence against the person or dignity of the Crown', which traces back to Classical Latin laesa māiestās, which was a form of treason against the emperor under the law of maiestas in Ancient Rome. The modern spellings are due to the later influence of modern French, and the gradual transformation of Anglo-Norman into a highly-Anglicised form known as Law French, with the latter also being the origin of the heavily-Anglicised pronunciation.

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