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HIGHNESS Definition & Legal Meaning

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A title of honor given to princes. The kings of England, before the timeof James I., were not usually saluted with the title of “Majesty,” but with that of”Highness.” The children of crowned heads generally receive the style of “Highness.”Wharton.

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