Entered or recorded In some official register or record or list
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A writ whereby the sovereign gives his assent to the election of a bishop. Reg. orig. 294
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In Spanish law. The body of regldores, who never exceeded twelve, forming a part of the municipal coun-cil, or ayuntamicnto, in every capital of a jurisdiction. 12 Pet. 442, note
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The murder of a soverelgn; also the person who commits such murder
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In Spanish law. one of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed a part of the ayuntamtento. The office of re-gidor was held for llfe; that is to say, during the pleasure of the supreme authority. In most places the office was purchased; in some cltles, however, they were elected by persons of the district, called “capitula res.” 12 Pet. 442, note
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Lat Ih old Engllsh law. The royal way; the klng's highway. Co. Lltt. 56a
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A collection of the ancient laws of Scotland. It is said to have been compiled by order of David I., klng of Scotland, who reigned from A. D. 1124 to 1153. Hale, Com. Law, 271
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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
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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
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Lat in English law. A writ issued from the sover-eign to the judges, not to proceed in a cause which may prejudice the crown, until advised. Jenk. Cent 97
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In old English law. Inspection; supervision. Also a reward, fee, or perquisite
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A term which was applied, 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 thlngs that mlght annoy his lord. Such a villein regardant waa thus opposed to a villein en groe, who was transferable by deed from one owner to another. Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 93
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To do homage or fealty to the sovereign by a bishop when he is invested with the regalia
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A territorial Jurisdiction in Scotland conferred by the crown. The lands were sald to be given in liberam regali-tatem, and the persons receiving the right were termed “lords of regality.” Bell
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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
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The temporal rights and privileges of a bishop. Cowell
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An abbreviation of “Reg-istrum Originale," the register of original writs
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An abbreviation of “Reguto Placitandi,” rule of pleading
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An abbreviation of “Regis-trum Judiciale,” the register of judicial writs
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An abbreviation of “Reg-istrarii Liber,” the register's book in chancery, containing all decrees
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The act of one who has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and declines it Also, the declination of a request or demand, or the omission to comply with some re-qulrement of law, as the reeult of a positive intention to disobey. In the latter sense, the word ie often coupled wlth “neglect,” as. if a party shall “neglect or refuse" to pay a tax, file an official bond, obey an order of court, etc. But “neglect” signifies a mere omlsslon of a duty, whlch may happen through inattention, dilatoriness, mistake, or inability to perform, while “refusal" lmplies the posltive denial of an appllcatlon or command, or at least a mental determlnatlon not to comply. See Thompson v. Tlnkcom, 15 Mlnn. 299 (Gll. 226); People ▼. Perkins, 86 Cal. 509, 26 Pac. 245; Kimball v. Rowland, 6 Gray (Mass.) 225; Davis v. Lumpkin, 106 Ga. 582, 32 S. E. 626; Burns v. Fox, 113 Ind. 205, 14 N. E. 541; Cape Elizabeth v. Boyd, 86 Me. 317, 29 Atl. 1062; Taylor v. Mason, 9 wheat 344, 6 L. Ed. 101
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An abbreviation of “Regula Generalis,” a general rule, (of court
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