fish royal

fish royal
Fish which when brought ashore were the property of the king; such fish were confined to sturgeons, whales, and porpoises. The whale was called a royal fish because by an ancient perquisite of the crown, when taken on the coast of England, the head was the property of the king and the tail went to the queen to furnish her wardrobe with whalebone. See 1 Bl Comm 222. Actually, neither whale nor porpoise is a real fish. See porpoise; whale.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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