PETIT TREASON


Meaning of PETIT TREASON in English

ˈped.]ē, ˈpet], ]i-\ noun

Etymology: alteration (influenced by petit ) of petty treason

English law : the crime committed by a servant in killing his master, by a wife in killing her husband, or by an ecclesiastic in killing his superior

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