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Regalia, means the rights held by the Crown under feudal law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1286.Regalia, the royal rights of a sovereign, which the civilians reckon to be six--viz., power of judicature, of life and death, of war and peace, masterless goods, as waifs, estrays, etc., assessments and minting of money.The crown, sceptre and other Articles used at a coronation are also commonly called the regalia. For an account of the extraordinary attempt made by Col. Blood in 1673 to steal them from the Tower, see Scott's Peveril of the Peak, Centen. Ed., note BB.Rights held by the crown under feudal law; regalia is shortened form of jura regalia, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1286...
Regalia facere
Regalia facere, to do homage or fealty to the sovereign by a bishop when he is invested with the regalia....
Jura regalia
Jura regalia, royal rights; royal prerogatives. See Bac. Abr. Prerogative....
Major regalia
Major regalia, the greater rights of the Crown, such as regard the royal character and authority, 2 Steph. Com....
Royalty
Royalty, a payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine or similar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. It is usually a payment of money, but may be a payment in kind, that is, of part of the produce of the exercise of the right, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, 2nd End., p. 1595.In the 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 leases, that part of the reddendum, variable thought, payable in cash or kind, for rights and privileges obtained, Inderjeet Singh Sial v. Karam Chand Thapar, (1995) 6 SCC 166.Royalty, is not a tax. Simply because the royalty is levied by reference to the quantity of the minerals produced and the impugned cess too is quantified by taking into consideration the same quantity of the mineral produced, the latter does no...
Mound
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign It is encircled with bands enriched with precious stones and surmounted with a cross called also globe...
Regalia
That which belongs to royalty Specifically a The rights and prerogatives of a king b Royal estates and revenues c Ensings symbols or paraphernalia of royalty...
Regalian
Pertaining to regalia pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives...
Cap of maintenance
Cap of maintenance, one of the regalia or ornaments of State belonging to the sovereigns of England, before whom it is carried at the coronation and other great solemnities. Caps of maintenance are also carried before the mayors of several cities in England....
Lancaster
Lancaster, a county of England erected into a palatine in the reign of Edward III, and granted by him to his son John for life, that he should have jura regalia and a king-like power to pardon treasons, outlawries, etc., and make justices of the peace and justices of assize within the county, and all processes and indictments to be in his name. It is later vested in the Crown. It has a separate Chancery Court, the procedure of which is regulated by Acts of 1850, 1854, and 1890 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 43, 17 & 18 Vict. c. 82,and 53 & 54 Vict. c. 23), the last of these Acts conferring on the Court exactly the same jurisdiction as that of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice [see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 18(2)]; the Common Pleas became vested in the High Court, but the Chancery at Lancaster was not so vested. See also (English) Chancery of Lancaster Rules, 1930, and Chancery of Lancaster (Companies) Rules, 1930, printed in 1930, W.N. Part II., pp. 63, 68. See COUNTY PALA...
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