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Census regalis, the annual revenue or income of the Crown....
Census
Census, a numbering of the people. It formerly took place in this country once in every 10 years. The first was taken in 1801 under 41 Geo. 3, c. 15; that of 1891 on Sunday, 5th April, 1891, under the Census Acts, 1890 [53 & 54 Vict. c. 61 (England), c. 38 (Scotland), and c. 46 (Ireland)], and that of 1911 under the Census (Great Britain) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 27), and the Census (Ireland) Act, 1910. The Census Act,1920, provides that a census maybe taken, if so directed by an Order in Council, at any time, provided that five years have elapsed since the last census, and provided that a draft order has been laid before Parliament for 20 days. The early Census Acts only got at the numbers, occupations, etc., by a series of questions to overseers, clergymen, etc. The Act of 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 99), was the first to get at the name, etc., of every person in every house. The Act [s. 11 (3)] makes it penal for a person employed in the census to communicate, without lawful aut...
Mensura domini regis, or Mensura regalis
Mensura domini regis, or Mensura regalis, the royal standard measure, which was kept in the Exchequer, according to which all measures were to be made. But see MEASURE....
Secta regalis
Secta regalis, a suit or service by which all persons were bound twice a year to attend the sheriff's tourn....
census
census : a usually complete count of a population (as of a state) ;esp : a periodic governmental count of a population that usually includes social and economic information (as occupations, ages, and incomes) see also Article I and Amendment XVI of the Constitution in the back matter ...
Population
Population, means the population of the municipal borough as ascertained at the preceding census, Nyamatkhan v. State, AIR 1994 Guj 64.As to the mode of ascertaining the 'population' of a municipal borough according to the returns of the last census, q.v., for the purposes of investment in its stock under s. 1 (m) of the (English) Trustee Act, 1925, see Re Druitt, (1903) 1 Ch 446.Population means the population ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(43)]Means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. [Constitution of India, Article 243(f)]...
Cero
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family of the genus Scomberomorus Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States the common cero Scomberomorus caballa called also kingfish and spotted or king cero Scomberomorus regalis...
Osmund
A fern of the genus Osmunda or flowering fern The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or royal fern Osmunda regalis which grows in wet or boggy places and has large bipinnate fronds often with a panicle of capsules at the top The rootstock contains much starch and has been used in stiffening linen...
return
return 1 a : to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) [ the names of all residents in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal [the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the grand jury ed six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit) : yield re·turn·able adj n 1 a : the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court b : proof of service 2 : return day 3 : an account or formal report (as of an action performed or duty discharged or of facts and statistics) [census s] ;esp : a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information usually used in pl. 4 a : a report of the results of balloting [election s] b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate [each house shall be the judge of the elections, s,...
Cense
A census also a public rate or tax...
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