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Regalism

The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy

Royal

for a king or queen regal as royal power or prerogative royal domains the royal family royal state

Prerogatived

Endowed with a prerogative or exclusive privilege

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Bill of Rights

money for the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without consent of Parliament; by prosecuting those who petitioned the

Escheat

Crown is entitled to take advantage by virtue of its prerogative; while an escheat results from tenure only, and arises from

Bock-land, Boc-land, or Book-land

Bl. Com. 90. And see An Inquiry into the Royal Prerogative in England, by John Allen, 1839, 143-151; and FOLC-LAND.

Franchise

with liberty. A royal privilege or branch of the Crown's prerogative subsisting in the hands of a subject. It arises either

Folc-land

Allen's Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Royal Prerogative in England, 143-149.

Fodder

food for horses or cattle; (2) among the Feudists a prerogative of the prince to be provided with corn, etc., for

Esnecy

Esnecy [fr. 'snesia, Lat.], a private prerogative allowed to the eldest coparcener, where an estate descended to

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