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  • REGISTER'S COURT
    In American law. A court in the state of Pennsylvania which has jurisdiction in matters of probate.
  • REGISTRANT
    One who registers; particularly, one who registers anything (e. p., a trade-mark) for the purpose of securing a right or privilege granted by law on condition of such registration.
  • REGISTRAR
    An officer who has the custody or keeping of a registry or register. This word is used in England; "register" is more common in America. -Registrar general. In English law. An officer appointed by the crown under the great seal, to whom, subject to such regulations as shall be made More...
  • REGISTRARIUS
    In old English law. A notary; a registrar or register.
  • REGISTRATION
    Recording; inserting in an official register; the act of making a list, catalogue, schedule, or register, particularly of an official character, or of making entries therein. In re Supervisors of Election (C. C.) 1 Fed. 1. -Registration of stoek. In the practice of corporations this consists in recording in the More...
  • REGISTRUM BREVIUM
    The register of writs, (q. v.)
  • REGISTRY
    A register, or book authorized or recognized by law, kept for the recording or registration of facts or documents. In oommereial law. The registration of a vessel at the custom-house, for the purpose of entitling her to the full privileges of a British or American built vessel. 3 Kent, Comm. More...
  • REGIUS PROFESSOR
    A royal professor or reader of lectures founded in the English universities by the king. Henry VIII. founded in each of the universities five professorships, viz., of divinity, Greek, Hebrew, law, and physic. Cowell.
  • REGLAMENTO
    In Spanish colonial law* A written instruction given by a competent authority, without the observance of any peculiar form. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note.
  • REGNAL YEARS
    Statutes of the British parliament are usually cited by the name and year of the sovereign in whose reign they were enacted, and the successive years of the reign of any king or queen are denominated the "regnal years."
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