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  • REG. JUD.
    An abbreviation of "Regittrum Judioiale" the register of judicial writs.
  • REG. LIB.
    An abbreviation of "Regestrar Liber," the register's book in chancery, containing all decrees.
  • REG. ORIG.
    An abbreviation of "IRegistrum Originle" the register of original writs.
  • REG. PL.
    An abbreviation of "Regale Placitandi," rule of pleading.
  • REGAL FISH
    Whales and sturgeons, so called in English law, as belonging to the king by prerogative when cast on shore or caught near the coast 1 Bl. Comm. 290.
  • REGALE
    In old French law. A payment made to the seigneur of a fief, on the election of every bishop or other ecclesiastical feudatory, corresponding with the relief paid by a lay feudatory. Steph. Lect 235.
  • REGALE EPISCOPORUM
    The termporal rights and privileges of a bishop. Cowell.
  • REGALIA
    seems to be an abbreviation of "jura regalia," royal rights, or those rights which a king has by virtue of his prerogative. Hence owners of counties palatine Were formerly said to have "jura regalia" In their counties as fully as the king in his palace. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. The More...
  • REGALIA FACERE
    To do homage or fealty to the sovereign by a bishop when be is invested with the regalia.
  • REGALITY
    A territorial jurisdiction in Scotland conferred by the crown. The lands were said to be given in liberam regali-tatem, and the persons receiving the right were termed "lords of regality." Bell.
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