Regrating
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
By statute 5 and 6 Edw. VI (1552), c.
14, buying corn [grain] or other "dead victual," and selling it again in or within four miles of the same market. An offense against public trade; because, by the practice, the price of provisions advanced with each change of ownership. Compare Engrossing; Forestalling.