REGNANT

One having authority as a king; one in the exercise of royal authority. … [Read more...] about REGNANT

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

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

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

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