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  • It reminds me of a feudal lord's underling trying to persuade the vassals of the benefits of la droit du seigneur (ius primae noctis for those who don't read French).

    Reader poll: Who's worse, Adams or Leonard? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Ius primae noctis: a legal or customary right to sexual relations with the newly-married wives of their underlings.

    March 25th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • Whatever new species might have arisen from the primae speciei, the original species in the Garden of Eden, were still part of God's plan for creation, for they had always potentially been present.

    At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

  • April 2006: On welcoming the then newly elected female MP Mara Carfagna to parliament he joked: "I am obliged to remind you of a rule in the Forza Italia group, the jus primae noctis" (a Latin reference to the medieval "law of the first night" which gave the lord of an estate the right to "deflower" new brides)?

    Berlusconi jokes about Hitler at youth rally 2010

  • But I'd say most reputable historians today would agree that the jus primae noctis, in Europe anyway, was strictly a male fantasy.

    Jus Prima Noctis elena maria vidal 2009

  • But I'd say most reputable historians today would agree that the jus primae noctis, in Europe anyway, was strictly a male fantasy.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Many scholars claim that there was no such law, called droit de seigneur or jus primae noctis, passed at any time in the Middle Ages.

    Jus Prima Noctis elena maria vidal 2009

  • Many scholars claim that there was no such law, called droit de seigneur or jus primae noctis, passed at any time in the Middle Ages.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • From the statements given by the committee it is clear that there is primae facie evidence that criminal fraud may have taken place, and I ask that you investigate the activities of Mr Conway in this context.

    Tory Embezzler: Urgent Letter's in the Post, 2nd Class 2008

  • From the statements given by the committee it is clear that there is primae facie evidence that criminal fraud may have taken place, and I ask that you investigate the activities of Mr Conway in this context.

    Archive 2008-01-27 2008

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