"Potestas" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Potestas LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

Lat In the civil law. Power; authority; domination; empire. Impcrium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. The power of the father over his children, patria potestas. The authority of masters over their slaves. See InsL 1, 9, 12; Dig. 2, 1, 13,1; Id., 14, 1; Id. 14, 4, 1, 4

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