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Jura regalia

Jura regalia, royal rights; royal prerogatives. See Bac. Abr. Prerogative.

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

Denizen

granting of such letters-patent is a branch of the Royal Prerogative, and is subject to no restrictions whatever. The denizen might

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Crown

speaking of the sovereign himself, or the rights, duties, and prerogatives belonging to him. The Act of Supremacy (English) (1 Eliz.

writ

in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals called also prerogative writ see also certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, quo

Coin

value. The coining of money is in all states the prerogative of the sovereign power; and, as money is the medium

Peace

the king and his subjects. It is one of the prerogatives of the Crown to make war and peace, 1 Bl.

Ledger-book

Ledger-book, a book in the prerogative Courts, considered as their rolls

Letters of marque

the Crown, the prize would, by the effect of the prerogative, become a droit of Admiralty, and would belong, not to

Letters of safe-conduct

may deserve exemption from the general law of arms, Chitty's Prerogatives of the Crown, p. 48, and Vattel by Chit. 416.

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