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In Scotch and French criminal law. To reinstate a crimlnal in his personal rights which he has lost by a judicial sentence. […]

In French and Sootob oriminal law. The reinstatement of a' criminal in hls personal rights which be has lost by a judicial […]

Lat. In Saxon law. A tltle sometlmes glven to the earl or come8, in old charters. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

when a sheriff in the “habere facias sei-sinam" had delivered seisin of more than he ought, this judicial writ lay to make […]

The power to regulate commerce, vested in congress, is the power to preserlbe the rules by which it shall be governed, that […]

The act of regulating, a rule or order prescribed for management ,or government; a regulatlng prlnclple; a precept. See Curry v. Marvin, […]

In old English law. The offense of buying or getting into one’s hands at a fair or market any provisions, corn, or […]

Lat. In practice. A rule. Regula generalia, a general rule; a standing rule or order of a court Frequently ab-brevlated, “Reg. Gen.” […]

Those who profess and follow a certain rule of life, (regula,) be-long to a religious order, and observe the three approved vows […]

In the English law of real property, when, after a person has made a grant, the property granted comes back to him, […]

Lat. General rules, whlch the courts promulgate from time to time for the regulation of their practice Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

According to rule; as dls-tinguished from that which violates the rule or follows no rule Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A name given to the people of Surrey and Sussex, and on the seacoasts of Hampshire. Blount Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Statutes of the British parliament are usually cited by the name and year of the sovereign in whose reign they were enacted, […]

One having authority as a king; one in the exercise of royal authority Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A royal professor or reader of lectures founded in the English universities by the king. Henry VIII. founded in each of the […]

In Spanish colonial law. A written instruction given by a com-petent authority, without the observance of any peculiar form. Schm. Civil Law, […]

The register of writs, (q. v Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A register, or book author-lzed or recognized by law, kept for the recording or registration of facts or documents Source: Black's Law […]

In old Engllsh law. A notary; a registrar or register Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Recording; Inserting In an official register; the act of making a list, catalogue, schedule, or register, particu-larly of an official character, or […]

In American law. A court in the state of Pennsylvania which has jurisdiction in matters of probate Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

An officer who has the custody or keeping of a registry or register. This word is used in England; “register” is more […]

An oflicer authorized by law to keep e W»td. called a “register” ot;“re£ Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)