R.

R. is an abbreviation of the Latin word Rex (King) or Regina (Queen).[1]

For the letter of the alphabet, see R. For the album by R. Kelly, see R. (album). For other uses, see R (disambiguation).

Law

In law, it is used as notation in British or other Commonwealth realm criminal prosecutions to mean "the Crown" or "the state", which is represented by the current monarch.[2] It is often seen written as "R. v Defendant" which would be read as "The Crown and the Defendant".

Historiography

In historiography, r. can be used to designate the ruling period of a person in dynastic power, to distinguish from his or her lifespan.

For example, one may write "Charles V (r. 1519–1556)" instead of "Charles V (1500–1558)" if the writer considers the year of enthronement to be more important information for the reader than the year of birth, or occasionally to emphasise when a ruler abdicated before dying. In addition to rex or regina, r. can also be an abbreviation of regnavit ("[he/she] ruled").[3]

See also

References
  1. Dale, Rodney; Puttick, Steve (1997-01-01). The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms. Wordsworth Editions. pp. 135. ISBN 9781853263859. r. rex regina.
  2. Gray, Debra (2004-01-01). Public Services (uniformed). Heinemann. p. 35. ISBN 9780435456597.
  3. Robbins, John Fonseca (2015-08-31). Fonseca Robbins´Lexicon. Clube de Autores. p. 238.
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