in anatomy. See Anatomy, p. 274.

PREROGATIVE of the king, that power which the king hath, not only over other persons, but over the ordinary course of the common law, in right of his crown.

Such as, that he may pardon a person condemned to die, that the king's person is subject to no man's suit, his possessions cannot be taken from him by any violence, his goods are subject to no tribute, nor distrainable, &c.