Lat. The queen. … [Read more...] about REGINA
REGISTER
(A) evidence. A book containing a record of facts as they occur, kept by public authority; a register of births, marriages and burials. 2. Although not originally intended for the purposes of evidence, public registers are in general admissible to prove the facts to which they relate. (B) common law. The certificate of registry granted to the person or persons entitled thereto, … [Read more...] about REGISTER
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
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
REGNAL YEARS
Statutes of the British parliament are usually cited by the name and year of the sovereign in whose reign they were enacted, and the successive years of the reign of any king or queen are denominated the "regnal years." … [Read more...] about REGNAL YEARS