Secta Regalis
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A suit so called by which all persons were bound twice in the year to attend in the sheriff's tourn, in order that they might be informed of things relating to the public peace. It was so called because the sheriff's tourn was the king's leet, and it was held in order that the people might be bound by oath to bear true allegiance to the king. Cowell. SECTA UNICA TANTUM FACIENDA pro plurlbus haereditatlbus. A writ for an heir who was distrained by the lord to do more suits than one, that he should be allowed to do one suit only in respect of the land of divers heirs descended to himi Cowell.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A suit or service by which all persons were bound twice in a year to attend the sheriff’s tourn. SECTA UNICATANTUM FACIENDA PRO PLURIBUS H/EREDITATIBUS. A writ for an heir who was distrained by the lord to more suits than one, that he should be allowed to do one suit only in respect of the land of divers heirs descended to him. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A suit so called by which all persons were bound twice in the year to attend in the sheriff's tourn, in order that they might be informed of things relating to the public peace. It was so called because the sheriff's tourn was the king's leet, and it was held in order that the people might be bound by oath to bear true allegiance to the king. Cowell.
Defined under Secta in Black's Law Dictionary.