Law Dictionary Definitions

regalia (ri-gay-lee-<<schwa>>).1.Hist. Rights held by the Crown under feudal law. • Regalia is a shortened form of jura regalia. regalia majora (m<<schwa>>-jor-<<schwa>>). [Latin “greater rights”] The Crown’s greater rights; the Crown’s dignity, power, and royal prerogatives, as distinguished from the Crown’s rights to revenues. regalia minora (mi-nor-<<schwa>>). [Latin “lesser rights”] The Crown’s lesser rights; the…

regalem habens dignitatem (ri-gay-l<<schwa>>m hay-benz dig-ni-tay-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Having royal dignity. [Blacks Law 8th]

regale episcoporum (ri-gay-lee <<schwa>>-pis-k<<schwa>>-por-<<schwa>>m).Eccles. law. The temporal rights and privileges of a bishop. [Blacks Law 8th]

reg,n. (usu. pl.) Slang. REGULATION(3) <review not only the tax code but also the accompanying regs>. [Blacks Law 8th]

Reg.abbr.1.REGULATION. 2.REGISTER. [Blacks Law 8th]

refute,vb.1. To prove (a statement) to be false. 2. To prove (a person) to be wrong. Cf. REBUT. [Blacks Law 8th]

refutantia (ref-yoo-tan-shee-<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin] Hist. An acquittance or anacknowledgment renouncing all future claims. [Blacks Law 8th]

refus de justice (ruu-foo d<> zhoos-tees). See DENIAL OF JUSTICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

  refusal to pay.See VEXATIOUS DELAY. [Blacks Law 8th]

refusal to deal.A company’s decision not to do business with another company. • A business has the right to refuse to deal only if it is not accompanied by an illegal restraint of trade. [Cases: Monopolies 17(2.1).] [Blacks Law 8th]