Regard
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
In old English law, inspection; supervision. Also, a reward, fee, or perquisite. Regard had a special use in matters pertaining to the forest. The regarder was an officer charged with the inspection court of regard was an official survey of dogs, holden every third year, for the lawing or expeditation of mastiffs, — that is, cutting off the claws and ball of the forefeet, to prevent them from running after the deer.
Cowel; 3 Bl. Com. 71, 72. Regardant.
Was applied, in feudal law, to a villein annexed to a manor, and having charge to do all base services within the same, and to see the same freed from all things that might annoy his lord. Such a villein regardant was thus opposed to a villein en gros, who was transferable by deed from one owner to another.
Cowel; 2 Bl. Com. 93.