of the United States, thia term is nsed to denote sums of money received by the government or its officers which, for any cause, are to be refunded or restored o the parties paying them; such as excessive duties or taxes, duties paid on goods sat ho by accident, duties received on goods which are re-exported, etc.

rights which a king has by virtue of his pre: rogative. Hence owners of counties palatine were formerly said to have “jura regalia” in their counties as fully as the king in his palace. 1 Bl. Comm. 117. The term is sometimes used in the same sense in the Spanish law. See Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 566.