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Recta prisa regis

Recta prisa regis, the king's right to prisage, or taking of one butt or pipe of wine before, and another behind, the mast, as a custom for every ship laden with wines. See PRISAGE....


Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet

Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis praeferri debet, means where the title of the king and the title of a subject concur, the King's title must be preferred, Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 8, para 1076, p. 666.Quando jus domini regis et subditi concurrunt jus regis preferri debet (9 Rep. 129), when the rights of the king and of the subject concur, those of the king are to be preferred....


Linea recta semper prafertur transversali

Linea recta semper prafertur transversali [Lat.], the direct line is always preferred to the collateral....


Recta gubernatio

Recta gubernatio, means 'right government'. A government in which the highest power, however strong and unified is neither arbitrary nor irresponsible, and derives from a law is superior to itself, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1280....


Injuria illata judici, seu locum tenenti regis, videtur ipsi regi illata, maxime si fiat in exercente officium

Injuria illata judici, seu locum tenenti regis, videtur ipsi regi illata, maxime si fiat in exercente officium [Lat.], an injury offered to a judge, or person representing the king, is considered as offered to the king himself, especially if it be done in the exercise of his office...


Curia Regis

Curia Regis. See AULA REGIS....


Ad jura regis

Ad jura regis, a writ which was brought by the king's clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavoured to eject him, to the prejudice of the king's title, Reg. Brev., 61....


Aula Regis, or Regia

Aula Regis, or Regia, a Court established by William the Conqueror in his own hall; it was composed of the great officers of state resident in the palace, and followed the king's household in all his expeditions. The trial of common causes in it was, on this account, very burdensome to the people, and accordingly the 11th chapter of Magna Charta thus enacted:-'communia placita non sequantur curiam nostram sed teneantur in aliquo loco certo.' This 'certain place' was established in Westminster Hall, where until the Judicature Act it continued under the name of the Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, Brac. L. 3, tr. 1, c. 7. See ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE....


Auxilium facere alicui in curia regis

Auxilium facere alicui in curia regis, to become another's friend and solicitor in the King's Courts, an office undertaken for and granted by some courtiers to their dependants in the country, Ibid. 126....


Auxilium regis

Auxilium regis, the king's aid or money levied for the royal use and the public service, as taxes granted by Parliament, 1 Bl. Com. C. viii....


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