PRAEROGATIVA REGIS

praerogativa regis (pree-rog-[schwa]-tI-v[schwa] ree-jis). [Law Latin “of the Crown’s prerogative”] Hist. A declaration made at the time of Edward I (1272–1307) defining certain feudal and political rights of the Crown, including the right to wardship of an idiot’s lands to protect the idiot’s heirs from disinheritance or alienation. — Also termed de praerogativa regis (dee […]