petit treason

English

Noun

petit treason (uncountable)

1. (law, archaic) The crime of a subordinate killing a superior (other than the sovereign, which would constitute high treason): a servant killing his master, a wife killing her husband, etc.; and, earlier, certain lesser crimes of subordinates against superiors.

References

• “petit treason”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

• petit treason on Wikipedia.Wikipedia