necis

The Nganga or medicine man who, on such occasions, here as elsewhere, has the jus vitæ et necis, was called in; he charged one of the sons with parricide by witchcraft, and the youth was at once pierced by the bayonets of his brothers.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

This absoluteness is as distinctly implied by them, as the like was by the law of the Emperor Claudius, which imposed limitations upon the "jus vitae et necis" (the right of life and death) which Roman slavery put into the hand of the master.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

This absoluteness is as distinctly implied by them, as the like was by the law of the Emperor Claudius, which imposed limitations upon the "jus vitae et necis" (the right of life and death) which Roman slavery put into the hand of the master.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

_Nero_ 33 (of Nero), 'Cuius [Claudi] necis etsi non auctor, at conscius fuit: neque dissimulanter, ut qui boletos, in quo cibi genere venenum is acceperat, quasi deorum cibum, posthac proverbio Graeco conlaudare sit solitus.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Ovid often expresses his wish to die; see _Tr_ III viii 39-40 'tantus amor necis est querar ut cum Caesaris ira/quod non offensas uindicet ense suas', _Tr_ III xiii 5-6, IV vi 49-50, and V ix 37-38.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

On the next day the "Te Deum" was sung in the Sistine Chapel in presence of the pope, "ob laetitiam necis regis Sueciae interfecti," after which the pope himself chanted the versicles and orations.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

Vos quibus rector maris atque terrae ius dedit magnum necis atque uitae, ponite inflatos tumidosque uultus: quicquid a uobis minor expauescit, 15 maior hoc uobis dominus minatur; omne sub regno grauiore regnum est. quem dies uidit ueniens superbum, hunc dies uidit fugiens iacentem.

Mutability 1912

In this oath, the parliaments of both kingdoms go before us, who, having the legislative power in their hands, have also _potestatem vitæ et necis_, over laws, as well as over persons, and may as well put to death the evil laws that do offend against the kingdom and the welfare of it, as the evil persons that do offend against the laws.

The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Various 1876

Hinc ilium, voti compotem, non aliunde quam ab homine necis periculum urget: tu ergo, humanitate assumpta eum intertice.

Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866

The Nganga or medicine man who, on such occasions, here as elsewhere, has the jus vitæ et necis, was called in; he charged one of the sons with parricide by witchcraft, and the youth was at once pierced by the bayonets of his brothers.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855