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Latrocinium

Latrocinium, the prerogative of adjudging and executing thieves; also larceny, theft, Old Charter.

Curiality

The privileges prerogatives or retinue of a court

Seigniorage

Seigniorage, a royalty or prerogative of the Crown, whereby an allowance of gold and silver, brought in the mass to be exchanged for

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Pardon

an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. But after the impeachment has been solemnly heard and determined, the prerogative of pardon may be extended to the person impeached. A pardon may be conditional; see (English) Criminal Justice

Year, day and waste

Year, day and waste [annus, dies et vastum, Lat.], a part of the royal prerogative, whereby the Crown had for a year and a day the profits of land and tenements of those

Denizen

or for a time) an English subject. The granting of such letters-patent is a branch of the Royal Prerogative, and is subject to no restrictions whatever. The denizen might hold lands by purchase or devise, which an

Habeas corpora juratorum

the higher court shall decree, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 500. Is a high prerogative writ of English Common Law, Habeas Corpus Act of 1979 and 1816 are basis of security for the

Coin

certain marks and made current at a certain value. The coining of money is in all states the prerogative of the sovereign power; and, as money is the medium of commerce, it is the Crown's prerogative and

writ

extraordinary remedy at the discretion of the court in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals called also prerogative writ see also certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, quo warranto compare writ of right in this entry

Royalty

legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights and prerogatives of a sovereign are covered thereunder. In its secondary sense, the word 'royalty' would signify, as in mining

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