In English law. Among the things belonging to the sovereign. Among these are rights of salmon fishing, mines of gold and silver, forests, forfeitures, casualties of superiority, etc., which are called “regalia minora” and may be conveyed to a subject. The regalia majora include the several branches of the royal pre-rogative, w’hich are inseparable from the person of the sovereign. Tray. Lat. Max
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
