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
REGLAMENTO
In Spanish colonial law A written instruction given by a competent authority, without the observance of any peculiar form. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 93, note. … [Read more...] about REGLAMENTO
REGULA
Lat. In practice. A rule. Regula generalis, a general rule; a standing rule or order of a court. Frequently abbreviated, "Reg. Gen." Regula Catoniana. In Roman law. The rule of Cato. A rule respecting the validity of dispositions by will. See Dig. 34, 7. Regula est, juris quldem ignorantiam eulque nooere, fact! vero ignorantiam non nooere. Cod. 1, 18, 10. It is a rule, that … [Read more...] about REGULA
REGRANT
In the English law of real property, when, after a person has made a grant, the property granted comes back to him, (c. p., by escheat or forfeiture,) and he grants it again, he is said to regrant it. The phrase is chiefly used in the law of copyholds. … [Read more...] about REGRANT
REGNUM ECCLESIASTICUM
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