Census Regalis

In English law. The royal revenue. 1 BI. Comm. 306. CENT (Lat. centum, one hundred). A coin of the United States, weighing seventytwo grains, and composed of eighty-eight per centum of copper and twelve of nickel. Act Feb. 21, 1857, § 4. See 11 U. S. St. at Large, 163, 164.

The royal property (or revenue). CENT (Lat. centum, one hundred). A coin of the United States, weighing fortyeight grains, and composed of ninety-five per centum of copper and of tin and zinc in sucb proportions as shall be determined by the Director of the Mint Act of Feb. 12, 1873, s. 13. See Rev. Stat, section 3515. Previous to the act of congress just cited, the cent was composed wholly of copper. By the act of April 2, 1792, Stat at Large, vol. 1, p. 248, the weight of the cent was fixed at eleven pennyweights, or 264 grains; the half cent in proportion. Afterwards, namely, on the 14th of January, 1793, it was reduced to 208 grains; the half-cent in proportion. 1 U. S. Stat, at Large, 299. In 1796 (Jan. 26), by the proclamation of President Washington, who was empowered by law to do so, act of March 3, 1795, sect. 8, 1 U. S. Stat, at Large, 440, the cent was reduced in weight to 168 grains; the half-cent in proportion. It remained at this weight until tho passage of the act of Feb. 21, 1857, which provided for a weight of seventy-eight grains and an alloy of eighty-eight per centum of copper and twelve of nickel. The same act directs that the coinage of half-cents should cease. By the coinage act of Feb. 12, 1873, the weight and alloy were fixed as above stated. The first issue of cents from the national mint was in 1793, and has been continued every year since, except 1815. But in 1791 and 1792 some experimental pieces were struck, among which was the socalled Washington cent of those years.

In English law. The annual revenue or income of the crown.