Meaning of custos regni | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of viceregal locum tenens appointed, either alone or jointly, to execute the political duties of a monarch during his or her absence from the seat of government.

Examples

“If the King be abſent, and taken captive, the People may give⟳ the Royall power to one, or to ſome few to exerciſe it as cuſtodes regni.”

“It was reſolved…[to] Petition…His Majeſty, to appoint a Cuſtos Regni, or Locum tenens during his Abſence out of this Kingdom; and amongſt other things, in ſpecial to give⟳ him Power, to give⟳ the Royal Aſſent in Parliament, and to do ſuch things as the King might do if he were preſent. [It was] reſolved…that His Majeſty be likewiſe Petitioned, That an Act of Parliament may paſs to this Effect, That ſuch Commiſſion ſhall not be repealed, until His Majesties return⟳ from Scotland to the City of London or Weſtminſter, or be preſent in full Parliament.”

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