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Le Roi le Veut (French, The king wills it.)

The form of royal assent made by the clerk of parliament to bills submitted to the Crown. The dissent is expressed by Le roi sʹavisera (the king will give it his consideration).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.