Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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to take a view of the forest hunts, and to in quire concerning trespasses, offenses, etc. Man wood. REGE INCONSULTO. Lat. In En glish law. A writ issued from the sover eign to the judges, not to proceed in a cause which may prejudice the crown, until ad vised. Jenk. Cent. 97. REGENCY. Rule; government; king ship. The man or body of men intrusted with the vicarious government of a kingdom during the minority, absence, insanity, or other disability of the king. REGENT. A governor or ruler. One who vicariously administers the government of a kingdom, in the name of the king, dur ing the latter's minority or other disability. A master, governor, director, or superin tendent of a public institution, particularly a college or university. Regia dignitas est indivisibilis, et quselibet alia derivativa dignitas est similiter indivisibilis. 4 Inst. 243. The kingly power is indivisible, and every other derivative power is similarly indivisible. REGIA VIA. In old English law. The royal way; the king's highway. Co. Litt. 56a. REGIAM MAJESTATEM. A collec tion of the ancient laws of Scotland. It is said to have been compiled by order of David I., king of Scotland, who reigned from A. D. 1124 to 1153. Hale, Com. Law, 271. REGICIDE. The murder of a sovereign; also the person who commits such murder. REGIDOR. In Spanish law. One of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed a part of the ayuntamiento. The office of re gidor was held for life; that is to say, during the pleasure of the supreme authority. In most places the office was purchased; in some cities, however, they were elected by persons of the district, called "capitulares." 12 Pet. 442, note. REGIME. In French law. A system of rules or regulations. REGIME DOTAL. In French law. The dot, being the property which the wife brings to the husband as her contribution to the support of the burdens of the marriage, and which may either extend as well to future as to present property, or be expressly confined to the present pioperty of the wife, is sub ject to ceitain regulations which are summa

BE GALE. In old French law. A pay ment 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 tem poral 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 pre rogative. Hence owners of counties palatine were formerly said to have "jura regalia" in their counties as fully as the king in his pal ace. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. Some writers divide the royal prerogative into majora and minora regalia, the former including the regal dignity and power, the latter the revenue or fiscal prerogatives of the crown. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. REGALIA FACERE. To do homage or fealty to the sovereign by a bishop when he is invested with the regalia. REGALITY. A territorial jurisdiction in Scotland conferred by the crown. The lands were said to be given in liberam regalU tatem, and the persons receiving the right were termed "lords of regality." Bell. REGARD. In old English law. Inspec tion; supervision. Also a reward, fee, or perquisite. REGARD, COURT OF. In forest law. A tribunal held every third year, for the law ing or expeditation of dogs, to prevent them from chasing deer. Cowell. REGARD OF THE FOREST. In old English law. The oversight or inspection of it, or the office and province of the re garder, who is to go through the whole for est, and every bailiwick in it, before the hold ing of the sessions of the forest, or justice seat, to see and inquire after trespassers, and for the survey of dogs. Manwood. REGARDANT. A term which was ap plied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do all base services within the same, and to see the same freed from all things that might an noy his lord. Such a villein regardant was thus opposed to a villein en gros, who was transferable by deed from one owner to an other. Cowell; 2 Bl.Comm. 93. REGARDER OF A FOREST. An an cient officer of the forest, whose duty it was

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