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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Regalia. (Cf. e.m.E. regalia royal powers or privileges (a1540), insignia of royalty (1626), also later use in Sc. law = ‘rights regarded by feudal law as being or having been originally held by the crown over the estates or persons of its subjects’ (SND, s.v. Regalia n. 2), L. rēgālia, pl. of rēgāle, neut. of rēgālis kingly.) —1161–4 Regesta I 266.
[Tam de comitatu quam de regali meo 1165–73 Ib. II 179.]
Exceptis regalibus que ad regalitatem meam spectant 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. ii xi 1 (1678) 401.
Regalia, are such priviledges as immediatly belong to the Crown, and do not originally belong to, nor can be communicat by, any else
