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...

member has raised the question whether lèse-majesté applies by association. Even attempting to commit lèse-majesté, making sarcastic comments about the...

the corresponding law regarding the crime of lèse-nation, go back to the law relating to the crime of lèse-majesté. Both were adapted by the revolutionaries...

March 2020. "Le crime de lèse-majesté viole la liberté d'expression, selon la Cour constitutionnelle". La Libre. "El Constitucional de Bélgica aleja la...

A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from...

made a formal complaint to police accusing Marshall of several crimes including lèse majesté. Marshall was a correspondent for Reuters for 17 years, covering...

be sufficiently disabling. In the many years since, the meaning of the crime expanded to encompass any type of mutilation, disfigurement, or crippling...

accused of peculation (maladministration of the state's funds) and lèse-majesté (disrespect to the monarch). The king had him imprisoned from 1661 until...

Transnational organized crime (TOC) is organized crime coordinated across national borders, involving groups or markets of individuals working in more...

charged with lèse-majesté under the military junta-appointed government of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Defamation and lèse-majesté laws are commonly...