Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: /ˌliːz ˈmædʒɪsti/ leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: /ˌleɪz -/ layz -) is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling...
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Lèse majesté in Norway (Norwegian: majestetsfornærmelse, majestetsforbrytelse, crimen (læsæ) majestatis, etc.) was judicially based and defined in Norway's...
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Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law...
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in Norway House of Glücksburg Politics of Norway Lèse majesté in Norway Abel Prize Republicanism in Norway Official royal house web site Archived 10 November...
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Anders Olson Lysne (category Lèse majesté in Norway)
monarchy (Denmark–Norway was an absolute monarchy at the time), this was in practise equal to treason against the King himself, i.e. lèse-majesté. Lysne was...
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Audun Hugleiksson (category Lèse majesté in Norway)
Audun Hugleiksson (Hestakorn) (c. 1240 – 2 December 1302) was a Norwegian nobleman at the end of the 13th century. He was the king's right hand, both...
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June – Anders Olson Lysne is executed for lèse-majesté. He is the last person executed for lèse-majesté in Norway. The construction of Ledaal is finished...
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Jonas Anton Hielm (category Lèse majesté in Norway)
30 March 1848) was a Norwegian lawyer and Member of Parliament . Jonas Anton Hielm was born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of regiment...
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decapitation. In 1757, the last known execution for bestiality in Norway was carried out. Until the 19th century, lèse majesté could result in capital punishment...
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Monarchy of Thailand (redirect from Absolute monarchy in Siam)
harshest lèse majesté law" and "possibly the strictest criminal-defamation law anywhere". Political scientist Giles Ungpakorn noted that "the lèse-majesté laws...
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