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jus primae noctis
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synonyms: droit de seigneur ???
tags: [law]
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Definition:The supposed right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his subjects.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
painting: by Vasily Polenov (1847)
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There was also something called the jus primae noctis, which would probably not be mentioned in a textbook for children. It was the law by which every capitalist had the right to sleep with any woman working in one of his factories.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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