regrating
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regrating
the offence of buying a commodity in a market with a view to selling it in the same market at a better price. In Scotland it was outlawed in Acts of 1449 and 1592 and thereafter and included an area within a four-mile radius of the market. It ceased to be an offence in England in 1847. See FORESTALLING.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
REGRATING, crim. law. Every practice or device, by act, conspiracy, words,
or news, to enhance the price of victuals or other merchandise, is so
denominated. 3 Inst. 196; 1 Russ. on Cr. 169.
2. In the Roman law, persons who monopolized grain, and other produce
of the earth, were called dardanarii, and were variously punished. Dig. 47,
11, 6.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.