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regality
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regality \Re*gal"i*ty\ (r?*g?l"?*t?), n. [LL. regalitas, from L. regalis regal, royal. See Regal, and cf. Royality.]
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Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
[Passion] robs reason of her due regalitie.
--Spenser.He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in all points of regality.
--Bacon. An ensign or badge of royalty. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
n. Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
Wikipedia
A regality was a territorial jurisdiction in old Scots law which might be created by the King only, by granting lands to a subject in liberam regalitatem, and also the tract of land over which such a right extended.
A lord of regality had a civil jurisdiction equal to that of the King's sheriff, and more extensive criminal jurisdiction, equivalent to that of the High Court of Justiciary (except for treason). A regality was a superior jurisdiction to a barony, and might be exercised over baronies within the regality. The jurisdiction was exercised by the regality court, usually presided over by the bailie or his deputy, and composed of the suitors of court, who held lands by suit of court.
Initially regalities were a part of the system of government, delegated jurisdiction, but from the fourteenth century the lords of regality frequently sought to usurp royal authority and establish semi-independent domains. But in the fifteenth century regalities again became a means of governing by delegated authority. Regalities and regality jurisdictions were abolished by the Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746.
Usage examples of "regality".
Though he wore no trappings of royalty, there was a new regality in his very visage and posture.
For this reason the same authority is at a loss to know whether the prisoners were immediately put to the knowledge of an assize, being taken ``red-hand,'' without the formality of being served a ``dittay'' (as who should say an indictment), as in ordinary cases, before the magistrates of Edinburgh, or else sent for trial before the baron bailie of the regality of Broughton, in whose jurisdiction Warriston was situated.
Her foot was a little in the way because her house slipper kept twirling about her big toe, so she pulled it in and sat up with an unnatural straightness to her neck that she felt sure, somehow, lengthened it a full two inches into slim regality.
There were legalities and regalities, and he’d always found the latter took precedence.
The total effect is of old-fashioned diplomatic finery harmoniously wedded to a zoot suit: the raffishness of the ensemble outweighs its formality, but the dignity of the swallowtail and the waistcoat contribute to the whole a regal quality of a specific kind, the regality often seen in African American entertainers and musicians.