Fish Royal
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A whale, porpoise, or sturgeon thrown ashore on the coast of England belonged to the king as a branch of his prerogative. Hence these fish are termed "royal fish." Hale, de Jur. Mar. pt. 1, c. 7; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 290; Plowd. 305; Bracton, lib. 3, c. 3.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A whale, porpoise, or sturgeon thrown ashore on the coast of England belonged to the king as a branch of his prerogative. Hence these fish are termed royal fish. Hale, De Jure Mar. pt. 1, c. 7; 1 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 290; Plowd. 805; Bracton, 1. 3, c. 3.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
These were the whale and the sfurgeon, which, when thrown ashore or caught near thi coast of England, became the property of the king by virtue of his prerogative and in recompense for his protecting the shore from pirates and robbers. Brown; 1 Bl. Comm. 290. Arnold v. Mundy, 6 N. J. Law, 86, 10 Am. Dec 356.
Defined under Fish in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
These were the whale and the sturgeon, which, when thrown ashore or caught near the coastof England, became the property of the king by virtue of his pre- G rogative and in recompense for his protecting the shore from pirates and robbers. Brown; 1 BI. Comm. 290.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Whale, porpoise, or sturgeon ashore, belonged to the King.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[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.