royal fish en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any fish that, when taken, immediately becomes the personal property of the monarch by royal prerogative, as in the United Kingdom and formerly the Kingdom of France.
In the 1681 ordinance on maritime commerce (book V, title 7), dolphin, sturgeon, salmon, and trout are called royal fishes.
2015, The Origins of Corporations: The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages, page 343:Whales and sturgeons are royal fish.
Forms
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| royal fishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| royal fish | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
fr poisson royal (Translations) · de königlicher Fisch (Translations) · hu királyi halak (Translations) · it pesce reale (Translations)