| 单词 | the king's peace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe king's (also queen's) peace Also (now archaic) with possessive: local public order maintained under the authority or jurisdiction specified (as the king's (also queen's) peace, etc.; similarly God's peace). See also British peace n. at British adj. and n. Compounds 2, English peace n. at English adj. and n. Compounds 1c.extracted from peacen.the king's peace 9. Chiefly British. the king's peace (also the queen's peace and variants): the protection guaranteed by the monarch to certain people, as those employed on royal business, travelling on the highway, etc. See also sense 1b and pax ecclesiae n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > conformity to principles of social order > orderly condition of state or society peace?a1160 God's peacec1300 good rulec1300 the king's peace1428 quiet?c1450 civilityc1454 civilness1556 composure1702 social order1703 eunomy1721 eunomia1861 1428 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 3 He suld bere ye kynges pease to John Holgate mersshall. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 111 The Irish which were not in the Kings peace, are called Enemies. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 198 To kill an alien, a Jew, or an outlaw, who are all under the king's peace or protection, is as much murder as to kill the most regular born English~man. 1890 F. Pollock Oxf. Lect. 88 By the end of the thirteenth century..the king's peace had fully grown from an occasional privilege into a common right. 1899 Dict. National Biogr. at Warenne, John de The steward of Scotland..counselled delay and offered to bring back the insurgents to the king's peace. 1975 Renaissance Q. 28 45 Extending the definition of the King's Peace so that many offenses..traditionally regarded as torts..were made into felonies (offenses in which the king was concerned). < as lemmas |
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