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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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REGALIA, n. Sc. usages:

1. As in Eng., the emblems or insignia of royalty, the Crown jewels. For the Sc. regalia see Honours.

2. 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. The regalia majora are such as belong to the king alone and are exercised by his officials in his name, the regalia minora are such as may be communicated to subjects by royal grant (Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute II. vi. § 13, 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 73). See quots.Sc. 1722 W. Forbes Institutes I. i. 117:
That somethings cannot at all be alienated by the King, as the annexed Property, and those public Rights, called Regalia Majora, viz. The Power of making War and Peace, creating Magistrates, naturalising Strangers, legitimating Bastards, and remitting Crimes.Sc. 1760 Morison Decisions 13529:
With us the sea-shores . . . are understood to be inter regalia, and the property thereof may be given by the Crown to a subject.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 840:
There are also certain regalia connected with the right of land, as forests, salmon-fishings, gold and silver mines, navigable rivers, etc.Sc. 1896 W. K. Morton Manual 118:
Regalia. — These are rights naturally consequent on property, which by law are reserved to the crown. They are of two classes: (I) Majora, which includes all things devoted to the public use, such as highways, seas, and navigable rivers . . . (II) Minora — This includes lesser rights, regarded as private patrimonial rights of the Crown.Sc. 1927 Gloag and Henderson Intro. Law Scot. 413:
Ferry, Port and Harbour. — These rights are classed as regalia, though in certain respects they differ from the other regalia. They are rights belonging to the Crown, which may be acquired from it by grant or prescription.Sc. 1958 Intro. Sc. Legal Hist. (Stair Soc.) 378:
The king, however, as the fountain of justice and as king, had higher rights of public justice, both civil and criminal, which properly belonged to him; they formed part of his regalia.