| 单词 | royal fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal fish royal fish n. [compare post-classical Latin piscis regalis (1331, 1386 in British sources), Middle French poisson royal (late 14th cent.), and slightly earlier regal fish n. at regal n.1 and adj. Compounds] any of various aquatic animals, esp. whales and sturgeons, customarily considered to belong to the monarch; = regal fish n. at regal n.1 and adj. Compounds.fish-royal: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > that must be offered to crown regal fish1562 royal fish1576 fish-royal1776 society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > hunting or fishing rights > fish automatically sovereign's property regal fish1562 royal fish1576 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 228 Any fish (called a Craspeis) that is,..a great or royall fishe, as whales, or suche other (which by the Lawe of Prerogatiue perteined to the King himselfe). 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 9 The Sea likewise all along that Coast, doe plentifully abound in other sorts of fish, as Whales,..Hogs, Porposes, Seales, and such like royall fish. 1756 R. Rolt New Dict. Trade Royal fish, are dolphins and sturgeans; as also in France, are salmon and trout; so called, because they belong to the King, when cast upon the sea-shore. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 285 Royal fish consist of whale and sturgeon, to which the king, or those who have a royal franchise, are entitled, when either thrown on the shore, or caught near the coast. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 290/2 The Dugong is considered by the Malays as a royal fish, and the king has a right to all that are taken. 1903 Juridical Rev. 15 152 With respect to royal fish within England and its territorial waters it may be noted that the right to take them in particular places may come to belong to a subject. 1940 Calif. Law Rev. 28 431 The ‘royal fish’, whale, and sturgeon, when cast ashore or caught near the coast, belong to the Crown by prerogative. 2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 Apr. 14 A whale in the ocean blue is indeed res nullius until caught; but a whale stranded on the beach..is undoubtedly a royal fish and the property of the Crown. < as lemmas |
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