The ecclesiastical kingdom. 2 Hale, P. C. 324. Regnum non est diviaibile. Co. Litt. 165. The kingdom is not divisible. … [Read more...] about REGNUM ECCLESIASTICUM
REGISTRY
A register, or book authorized or recognized by law, kept for the recording or registration of facts or documents. In commercial 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. 139; Abb. Shipp. 58-96. Registry of deeds. The system or organised mode of keeping a … [Read more...] about REGISTRY
REGRATING
crim. law. Every practice or device, by act, conspiracy, words, or news, to enhance the price of victuals or other merchandise, is so denominated. 3 Inst. 196; 1 Russ. on Cr. 169. 2. In the Roman law, persons who monopolized grain, and other produce of the earth, were called dardanarii, and were variously punished. … [Read more...] about REGRATING
REGRESS
is used principally in the phrase "free entry, egress, and regress" but it is also used to signify the re-entry of a person who has been disseised of land. Returning; going back opposed to ingress. This means to return. Used frequently in leases to express the right of the lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question. Ingress is to enter, egress is to leave, … [Read more...] about REGRESS
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. … [Read more...] about REGIUS PROFESSOR