Queen regnant
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
A queen who holds the crown in her own right; as the first Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Anne, and the late Queen Victoria.
1 Bl. Comm. 218; 2 Steph. Comm. 465.
For the titles and descriptions of various officers lu the English legal system, called "Queen's Advocate," "Queen's Coroner," "Queen's C o u n s e 1," "Queen's Proctor," "Queen's Remembrancer," etc., during the reign of a female sovereign, as in the time of the late Queen Victorla, see, now, under King and the followlug titles.