3. Sigillum Regis what.
SIgillum Regis generally spoken is always in∣tended the Great Seal propter Excellentiam, ac∣cording to the Rules of
The law of England touching His Majesties four principal seals viz. the Great Seal, the Privy Seal, the Exchequer Seal, and the Signet : also of those grand officers to whose custody these seals are committed.
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- The law of England touching His Majesties four principal seals viz. the Great Seal, the Privy Seal, the Exchequer Seal, and the Signet : also of those grand officers to whose custody these seals are committed.
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"The law of England touching His Majesties four principal seals viz. the Great Seal, the Privy Seal, the Exchequer Seal, and the Signet : also of those grand officers to whose custody these seals are committed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B21787.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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the Common, and Civil Law.
Verbum aequivocum su∣mitur in partem digniorem, & potentiorem.
Verba aequivoca, & in dubio posita intelliguntur in digniori, et potentiori sensu.
Verba sunt semper intel∣ligenda in potentiori signi∣ficatu: And so is our Bracton to be understood Lib. 3. f. 119. where he saith; Si aliquis accusatus fuerit, vel convictus, quod sigillum Domini Regis fal∣saverit, consignando inde Chartas, vel Brevia &c. pro voluntate Regis Judici∣um sustinebit.