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Regina

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. The queen.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The queen. As the queen is the source of authority in English criminal prosecutions, the proceedings in them are entitled in her name; and criminal cases during a woman's reign are reported under the caption, Regina V. So and So.