Fish Royal
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. pitcis regalia.'] Whale and sturgeon; so called in English law, as belonging to the king by prerogative, when thrown ashore or caught near the coast. A branch of the king's ordinary revenue.
I Bl. Com. 290. 2 Steph. Com. 554.