Definition of Potesta. Meaning of Potesta. Synonyms of Potesta

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Definition of Potesta

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Potestate
Potestate Po"tes*tate, n. A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. ``An irous potestate.' --Chaucer.
Potestative
Potestative Po*tes"ta*tive, a. [L. potestativus, fr. potestas power: cf. F. potestatif. See Potent.] Authoritative. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.

Meaning of Potesta from wikipedia

- currently in use throughout Italy). The term derives from the Latin word potestas ('power'). There is a similar derivation for the Arabic term سلطان sulṭān...
- Potestas is a Latin word meaning power or faculty. It is an important concept in Roman Law. The idea of potestas originally referred to the power, through...
- Allia Potestas was a freedwoman from the Roman town of Perugia who lived sometime during the 1st–4th centuries AD. She is known only through her epitaph...
- km2. Héron is home to Cout****n Airport. Saint Hubertus church in Lavoir Potesta castle in Envoz Typical old farm in Héron (17th century). "Wettelijke Bevolking...
- brother Ed. He is also part of the rock duo Magnets & Ghosts alongside Ryan Potesta. With Collective Soul Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid (1994)...
- "scientia potestas est") is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression "ipsa scientia potestas est"...
- community of his own extended familia. In Roman family law, the term "Patria potestas" (Latin: “power of a father”) refers to this concept. He held legal privilege...
- Summa potestas is a Latin phrase meaning "highest authority" or "totality of power". It refers to the final authority of power in government. For example...
- Because they were not technically magistrates, and thus possessed no maior potestas, they relied on their sacrosanctity to obstruct actions unfavourable to...
- Bona Maria Antonia of Hohenberg (born 10 May 1960) married Jean-Louis de Potesta on 18 June 1983. They have three children. Since he had no sons, he was...