. ROYALTY. A payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine, or aimilar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. See

eourt, In relation to practice, etc—Rule absolute. One which commands the subject-matter of the rule to be forthwith enforced. It is usual, when the party has failed to show sufficient cause against a rule nist, to “make the rule absolute,” c c., imperative and final. Rule-day. In practice. The day on which 4 rule is returnable, or on which the act or duty enjoined by a rule is to be performed. See