Queen Regnant

She who holds the crown in her own right. She has the same duties and prerogatives, etc., as a king. St. 1 Mar. I. St. 3, c. 1; 1 Bl, Comm. 218; 1 Wooddeson, Lect. 94. QUEEN'S (or KING'S) ADVOCATE. An English advocate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary courts, i. e., he acts as counsel for the crown is ecclesiastical, admiralty, and probate cases, and advises the crown on questions of international law. In order of precedence, it seems that he ranks after the attorney general. 3 Steph. Comm. 275, note; Man. S. ad L. 19 Append. IV.

She who holds the crown in her own right. She has the same duties and prerogatives, etc., as a king. Stat. 1 Car. I. st. 3, c. 1; 1 Bla. Com. 218.

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.

Defined under Queen in Black's Law Dictionary.