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REGENT (law)


REGENT. 1. A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. 2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or superintendent; as, in New York, where the board who have the superintendent; as, in New York, where the board who have the superintendence of all the colleges, academies and schools, are called the superintendence of all the colleges, academies and schools, are called the regents of the University of the state of New York. regents of the University of the state of New York.