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Whales and sturgeons, so called in English law, as belonging to the king by prerogative when cast on shore or caught near the coast 1 Bl. Comm. 290. … [Read more...] about REGAL FISH

In old French law. A payment made to the seigneur of a fief, on the election of every bishop or other ecclesiastical feudatory, corresponding with the relief paid by a lay feudatory. Steph. Lect 235. … [Read more...] about REGALE

The termporal rights and privileges of a bishop. Cowell. … [Read more...] about REGALE EPISCOPORUM

In English law. A further pr additional fee to counsel in a long case, which may be, but is not necessarily, allowed on taxation. … [Read more...] about REFRESHER

seems to be an abbreviation of "jura regalia," royal rights, or those rights which a king has by virtue of his prerogative. Hence owners of counties palatine Were formerly said to have "jura regalia" In their counties as fully as the king in his palace. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. The term is sometimes used in the same sense in the Spanish law. See Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. … [Read more...] about REGALIA