register 
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regnal 
arcnives. riegisier in uanKruptcy. name as oanx- urummona, 10 a 
ruptcy commissioner (which see, under bankruptcy). rAff iat ra tioTi Crpi is tra'shorO n 
Register of deeds, in the United States, a public officer registration (.re) is non;, n. 
who records at length deeds, conveyances, and mortgages trillion, < ML,. rcgi$tratlo(n-), a 
receives and records deeds so as to give public registratet, a.. Registered ; recorded. 'he transaction or record of steps incidental to litigation 
notice thereof.-Lord register, or lord clerk regis- Those madrigals we sung amidst our flocks . . . SLUSSSStTSS! the t dis . tri . c . t . in . nler > avoid the ne 
ter, a Scottish officer of state who has the custody of the Are registrate by echoes in the rocks. tessity of taking ev ery step in the central offices in London, 
archives. Register in bankruptcy. Same as bant- Vrummand, To Sir VV. Alexander, regltivet (rej i-tiv), . [Irreg. < L. regere, rule 
[< OF. regis- ( s ee regent), + -itii-e.] Ruling; governing, 
registering, < Their regitice power over the world. 
of real estate situated within a" given district. Re- registrars, register: see registrate and rn/ix- Gentleman's Catting, vii. 5. (Latham.) 
ter l ,v.] 1. The act of inserting or recording reglum donum (re'ji-um do'num). [L. : re- 
in a register; the act of recording in general: </''. neut. of regius, royal (see regious); do- 
ns, the registration of deeds ; the registration of 
births, deaths, and marriages ; the registration 
of voters. 
Man's senses were thus indefinitely enlarged as his 
means of registration were perfected, 
J. Fiike, Idea of God, p. 48. 
2. Specifically, in the law of conveyancing, a 
system for the recording of conveyances, mort- 
gister of probate or of wills, in some of the United 
States, a public officer who records all wills admitted to 
probate. Register of the Treasury, an officer of the 
Treasury Department of the United States government, 
who has charge of the account-books of the United States, 
registers all warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Trea- 
sury upon the treasurer, signs and issues all government 
securities, and has charge of the registry of vessels. 
registerable (rej'is-ter-a-bl), a. [< register^- + 
-able.] Admitting of registration, or of being 
registered or recorded. Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., 
XXXIX. 26. 
num., a gift, grant : see donate.] A royal grant ; 
specifically, an annual grant of public money 
formerly given in aid of the maintenance of 
the Presbyterian and other dissenting clergy 
in Ireland, commuted in 1869 for 791,372. 
He had had something to do with both the regium do- 
num and the Maynooth grant. 
Trollope, Barchester Towers, iii. 
registered (Vej'is-terd), p. a. Recorded, as in pges, and other instruments affecting the title regius professor (re'ji-us pro-fes'or). [L. : re- 
t.n rool property, in a public office, for the in- ghis, royal; professor, professor.] A royal 
a register or book; enrolled: as, a registered 
voter (one whose name is duly entered in the 
official list of persons qualified to vote in an elec- 
tion) Registered bond, invention, letter, etc. See 
the nouns. Registered company, a company entered in 
an official register, but not Incorporated by act or charter, 
registered (rej'is-ter-er), . [< register*, v., + 
-er 1 . Cf. registrar.] One who registers ; a re- 
gistrar; a recorder. 
The Oreekes, the chiefe reyiiterers of worthy actes. 
Oolding, tr. of Cesar, To the Reader. 
register-grate (rej'is-ter-grat), . A grate 
furnished with an apparatus for regulating the 
admission of air and the heat of the fire. 
registering (rej'is-ter-ing), n. [Verbal n. of 
register, r.] Same as registration. 
register-office (rej'is-ter-of'is), n. I. An office 
where a register is kept, or where registers or 
records are kept ; a registry ; a record-office. 
2. An agency for the employment of domestic 
servants. [U. S.] 
register-plate (rej'is-ter-plat), n. In rope-mak- 
ing machines, a concave metallic disk having 
holes so arranged concentrically as to give the 
yarns passed through them the proper positions 
for entering into the general twist. 
register-point (rej'is-ter-point), n. The ad- 
justable point or spur attached to a printing- 
press and used to aid in getting register. See 
poinfl, 2 (c). 
registership (rej'is-ter-ship), n. [< register 2 + 
-sliip.] The office of a register or registrar. 
registrable (rej'is-tra-bl), a. [< register! + 
-able.] Admitting of registration ; that may or 
can be registered. Lancet, No. 3474, p. 733. 
registrar (rej'is-trar), . [Formerly registrer ; 
< ME. rcgistrere, < ML. registrarius, one who 
keeps a register or record, a registrar, notary, 
< registnim, a register, record: see register 1 . 
Cf. registrary and register 2 . Cf. also OF. regis- 
trare, register.] 1. One whose business it is to 
write or keep a register or record ; a keeper of 
records. 
I make Pieres the Plowman my procnratour and my reve, 
And reyystrere to receyue. Piers Plourman (B), xix. 254. 
The patent was sealed and delivered, and the person 
admitted sworne before the registrar. 
T. Warton, Bathurst, p. 138. 
2. An official who acts as secretary to the con- 
gregation of a universityRegistrar's license. 
See license. 
registrar-general (rej'is-trar-jen'e-ral), w. An 
officer who superintends a system of registra- 
formation of all concerned. The general policy of professor; specifically, one of those professors 
registry laws is to make a duly registered instrument j n the English universities whose chairs were 
notice to all the world, so that no one can claim any ad- -,* A !, n,,,,,.., VTTT 
vantage over the registered owner by dealing with an un- toun lea by Henry Vlll. In the Scotch universities 
registered owner or claimant in ignorance of theregistered 'Of ""I" 6 n ? me ' lven ' " professors whose professor- 
title. Under some systems a specified time is allowed for 8hl P." h * ve bee " founded by the crown. Abbreviated reg. 
registering; and in some neglect to register an instrument P"v- 
within the time limited marks it with infirmity. The more reglVO (re-giv ), v. t. [< re- + give.] To give 
back; restore. 
Bid day stand still, 
Bid him drive back his car, and reimport 
The period past, regive the present hour. 
Young, Night Thoughts, it S09. 
. 
generally accepted principle is to give effect to each in- 
strument in the order of its registration, as against all 
, 
unregistered instruments of which the purchaser, etc., had 
no actual notice. Another important element in registry 
laws is a provision that the record or certified copy shall 
be evidence in all courts equally as the original ; but in , ... 
some systems the non-production of the original must be reglet, . [Alao retgle; < OF. regie, reigle, ne- 
accounted for before the record can be received in lieu of it. gle, rigle, mile, rievle, F. regie, a rule, etc.: see 
3. In organ-playing, the act, process, art, or rufel. Cf. reglet, reglement. In def. 2, cf. reg- 
result of selecting or combining stops for play- Jet, and also rule* and the doublet rain, a 
ing given pieces of music. It includes every effect 
of light ' 
straight bar, etc.] 1. A rule; a regulation. 
Halliuell. 2. A hollow cut or channel for guid- 
ing anything; a groove in which something 
runs : as, the regie of a side-post for a flood- 
gate. 
_ it and shade, of quality or power, that is needed for 
a complete rendering, including the choice of manuals, 
the drawing and retiring of stops, and the use of all me- 
chanical accessories, like couplers, the swell pedal, etc. 
In most recent organ-music the registration is somewhat 
carefully indicated by the composer or editor, but organs 
are so diverse that every player must Interpret such 
marks for himself. Older music is usually unmarked, and 
the registration requires special study as well as special 
talent. Decree of registration. See decree. Parlia- 
mentary Registration Act, an English statute of 1843 reglet, v. t. [Also reigle; < OF. regler, reigler, 
(6 and 7 Viet., c. 18), which requires the registration of < Tr rermlnrf nilp RB rulel remilnte 1 Tn 
voters and defines certain rights of voting. It has been , re ff ulare i " S66 ruie<-, regulate.^ lo 
amended by later statutes. Registration Act. (o) An ru'e; govern; regulate. 
English statute of 1886 (48 Viet., c. 16X which extends the All ought to regie their lives, not by the Pope's Decrees, 
borough system of registration of voters to county voters, but Word of Gol Fuller, Worthies, Wales, III. 49 
(6) One of numerous American statutes in various States, 
providing for registration, and of ten requiring it as a con- reglementt (reg'1-ment), it. [Also reinlement; 
dition of the right to vote. -Registration of births, < 
In one of the corners next the sea standeth a flood-gate, 
to bee drawne vp and let downe through reiglet in the side 
postes, whose mouth is encompassed with a double frith. 
R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, foL 106. 
marriages, and deaths, the system of collecting vital 
statistics by requiring attending physicians, etc., in case 
solemnizing marriages, to report at once each case, with 
appropriate particulars, to the public authorities, for the 
purpose of preserving permanent and systematic records. 
of British shins a dut 
of British ships. Registration is to be made by the prin- 
^P" 1 officer of customs at any port or place in the United 
OF. reglement, F. reglement = Sp. reglamen- 
to = Pg. regulamento = It. regolamento, < ML. 
regulamentum, ruling, regulation, < LL. regu- 
lare, rule, regulate: see regie, rule 1 .] Regula- 
tion. 
To speak now of the reformation and reglement of usury, 
how the discommodities of it may be best avoided. 
Bacon, Usury. 
(reg-le-men'ta-ri), a. [< OF. 
and descriptions of the owners, the tonnage, build, and 
description of the vessel, the particulars of her origin, and 
the name of the master, who is entitled to the custody of 
the certificate of registry. The vessel is considered to 
tion of copyright, the name given in England 
recording of the title of a book for the purpose of securing 
the copyright : corresponding to entry of copyright in 
the United States. Registration of trade-marks, the 
system by which one claiming the exclusive right to a 
trade-mark may register it for the purpose of giving public 
notice of his claim, and preserving record evidence there- 
of from the time of entry. Registration of voters m 
electors, (a) In the United States, a system for the pre- 
vention of frauds in the exercise of the suffrage, by re- 
books provided for the purpose in each elect! district, 
with appropriate particulars of residence, age, etc., to en- 
able investigation to be made, and the right of the voter 
tion; specifically, in Great Britain, an officer 3 ul i; in S vo *5 rs . t ? ca 9e their na ?" eB to be registered in 
_ ' j v i.' ' books orovided for the nut-nose in each election ilistri.-t 
appointed by the crown, under the great seal, 
to whom is intrusted, subject to such regula- 
tions as shall be made by a principal secretary 
of state, the general superintendence of the 
system of registration of births, deaths, and 
marriages, 
a rule, regulation: see reglement.] Of, per- 
taining to, or embodying regulations; regula- 
tive: as, a regie mentary charter. Encyc. Diet. 
[Rare.] 
to the reglet (reg'let), w. [Also riglet; < OF. reglet, 
F.rfylet (= Sp. regleta = Pg. regreta), a reglet, < 
regie, a rule: see regie.] 1. In printing, a thin 
strip of wood, less than type-high, used in com- 
position to make blanks about a page, or be- 
tween the lines of large types in open display. 
Reglets are made of the width of ordinary text-types, from 
pearl to great primer. Broader strips of wood are known 
as/urmture. 
2. In arch., a narrow flat molding, employed 
to separate panels or other members, or to 
form knots, frets, and other ornaments. 
to castjhe ballot to be challenged, if there be occasion, reglet-plane (reg'let-plan), n. A plane used for 
record of an elector's title to vote. 
acceled 
Ping printers' reglets. Reglets are not made 
America with planes, but with fine circular 
[Early mod. E. also regestery, regestary; < ME. recalesceitce. 
regestery,< ML. *regestariitm,<regestum,a,Tegi8- regma(reg'mii), n.; pl.regmata(-m&-t&). [<Gr. 
ter: see register*.] 1. The act of recording Aw*i a fracture, breakage, < prnvinxu, break: 
recording 
or writing in a register, or depositing in the 
place of public record: as, the registry of a 
see break.] In bot., a capsule with two or more 
lobes and as many one-seeded, two- valved cells, 
registrational (rej-is-tra'shpn-al), a. [< regis- saws. [Eng.] 
registrarsmp (reg is-trar-ship), n. [< regis- tration + -al.] Of or pertaining to registration, reglow (re-glo'), v. i. [< re- + glow.] Same as 
trar + -ship.] The office of registrar. Lancet, No. 3457, p. 1135. recalesce. 
registrary (rej'is-tra-ri), n.; pi. registraries registry (rej'is-tri). n.; pi. registries (-triz). reglow (re-glo'), n. [< reglow, v.] Same as 
(-riz). [< ML. registrarius, one who registers : 
see registrar.] A registrar. The registrar of 
the University of Cambridge is so called. 
Lo, hither commyth a goodly maystres, 
Occupacyon, Famys regestary. 
Sltelton, Garland of Laurel, 1. 621. 
registrate (rej'is-trat), v.; pret. and pp. regis- 
trated, ppr. registrating. [< ML. registratus, 
pp. of registrare, register: see register*, v.] I.f 
tram. To register; enroll. 
Why do ye toil to regitlrate your names 
On icy pillars, which soon melt away? 
Drummond, Flowers of Sion. 
draw stops for playing ; make 'or set a combi- 
nation. See registration, 3. Also register. 
deed; the registry of a will, etc. 2. The place which separate at maturity, splitting elastical- 
ly from the persistent axis (carpophore), as in 
Euphorbia and Geranium. It is one form of 
schizocarp. 
where a register 'is kept. 3. A series of facts 
recorded; a record. 
I have sometimes wondered why a registry has not been 
kept in the colleges of physicians of"ali such [specific regmacarp (reg'ma-karp), n. [< Gr. bfniia, a 
remedies] as have been invented by any professors of every 
age. Sir W. Temple, Health and Long Life. 
Our conceptions are but the registry of our experience, 
and can therefore be altered only by being temporarily an- 
fracture (see regma), + Kapir6(, fruit.] 
any dehiscent fruit. Masters, 
n. Plural of i 
In bot., 
Certificate of registry. See certificate. 2.-District 
registry, in Eng. law, an office in a provincial town for 
'"""' kin ? clom > reign: see reign.] Pertaining 
to the reign of a monarch __ Regnal years, the 
