LE ROY LE VEUT

le roy le veut (l[schwa]r wah l[schwa] voo). [Law French] Hist. The king (or the queen) wills it. • This is the form of the king’s or queen’s approval to a public bill passed by Parliament. For a queen, the sentence is la reine le veut. “If the king consents to a public bill, the […]