Regalia
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A privilege, prerogative, or right of property pertaining to a sovereign. The regalia includes the power of judicature of life and death, of war and peace, of masterless goods as estrays; of assessments, and of minting money. In England the term was sometimes applied to things, as the crown and sceptre, etc., and sometimes to the dignity, power, and pecuniary rights of the king. The term differs from sovereignty as being applicable to both things and to rights to things, and also as not being inherent in or inseparable from the sovereign power,- for regalia may he alienated, either with or without the consent of parliament.
1 Ilall, Int. Law 150.
Upon the breaking up of the Roman Empire, the princes and cities which declared themselves independent, appropriated to themselves those parts in which nn\ure, most rich and liberal, yields extraordinary products. These portions or reserved rights were called regalia.
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