See also:ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. See also:Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, rex)
, kingly See also:state or See also:personality, hence a royal See also:person, or number of persons of royal See also:birth collectively, a member of a royal See also:family
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More particularly " See also:royalty " is used of the rights and attributes of a See also:sovereign, and especially of dues paid to the See also:crown, which belong to the sovereign jure coronae, such as dues from See also:gold and See also:silver mines, waifs, estrays, &c
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The See also:term is usually applied to the See also:payment made by a publisher to an author on every copy of his See also:book sold; to the payment made to a patentee on each See also:article manufactured under his patent by a licensee (see See also:PATENTS), and to the payment made to the owner of minerals for the right of working, paid on the ton or other See also:weight raised
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