petit treason
noun
pet·it treason
ˈpet|ē,
ˈpet|,
|i-
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
Word History
Etymology
alteration (influenced by petit) of petty treason
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