Law Dictionary Definitions

regular election.See general election (1) under ELECTION(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

  regular course of business.See COURSE OF BUSINESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

regular army.See ARMY. [Blacks Law 8th]

  regula Catoniana (reg-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>> kay-toh-nee-ay-n<<schwa>> or k<< schwa>>-toh-). [Latin “rule attributed to Cato”] Roman law. The principle that the lapse of time does not cure something void at the outset. • This principle, named for the Roman legal scholar Cato, was ordinarily used to set aside a bequest when the testator did not have the…

  regula (reg-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>). [Latin] A rule. regula generalis (reg-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>> jen-<<schwa>>-ray-lis). [Latin] A general rule, esp. of a court. — Abbr. reg. gen.; r.g. Pl. regulae generales. regula placitandi (reg-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>> plas-<<schwa>>-tan-dI). [Latin] Hist. A rule of pleading. — Abbr. reg. pl. regula regulans (reg-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>> reg-y<<schwa>>-lanz). [Law Latin] Hist. The governing rule. [Blacks Law 8th]

  regressive tax.See TAX. [Blacks Law 8th]

  regress,n.1. The act or an instance of going or coming back; return or reentry <free entry, egress, and regress>.2. The right or liberty of going back; reentry. Cf. EGRESS; INGRESS. 3.Hist. The right to repayment or compensation; recourse. — regress (ri-gres), vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

regrating,n. Hist. 1.The purchase of market commodities (esp. necessary provisions) for the purpose of reselling them in or near the same market at a higher price. 2. The resale of commodities so purchased. • In England, regrating was a criminal offense. — regrater,n. — regrate,vb. “Regrating is described by [5 & 6 Edw. 6, ch.…

  regrant,n. The act or an instance of granting something again; the renewal of a grant (as of property). — regrant,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reg. pl.abbr.See regula placitandi under REGULA. [Blacks Law 8th]