rēctā adv.
ablf. of rectus; sc. viā, straightway, straightforward, right on, directly . Tu rus hinc ibis? . . . rectā, T.: ab subselliis in rostra rectā: pergein exsilium: Tendimus hinc rectā Beneventum, H.
rectā and rectē, advv. , v. rego, P. a. fin. ...
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In law, the sovereign's right to prisage, or one pipe of wine before, and another behind the masts, ...
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