Regalian Law

Regalian Law is a set of so called Law Books with a penal code designed to keep the Regalian public in line, both within the confines of a peaceful and stable society, but also for a clean and pious mind. These Laws don't always have a strict outcome punishment, and punishments may vary between Guard Charters and Organizations in Regalia. Generally speaking however, Capital Punishment is reserved only for Capital Crimes, and serious repeat offence of some of the more serious crimes as defined by the Law Books. Furthermore, most of these laws are changeable by the respective authorities. The Judicial Minister or whatever legal representative the Noble Assembly appoints to govern the laws of the land may freely alter the laws of the State. Synodical laws are reserved for the Synod only, and may be changed only by the Synod, though also don't have any civil prosecution status and usually relies on the inquisition to be enforced. Finally, Capital Law falls outside of the rights of the Judicial Minister or any such legal representative, these laws are only set by the Imperial Legate, which is an appendage of the Kade Lordly Council of the State.

State Law

State Law covers all lands which are considered directly controlled by the Empire, meaning all lands which are not vassal states. Many of the laws however also apply to the Vassal states though can have local moderation and alterations. State Laws can be freely changed by the Undercrown and Emperor. State Laws usually don't lead to Inquisitions or Heresy trials, they simply fall under Civilian Prosecution and as such are merely dealt with as Civilian matters. Punishments can simply be handed out by Regalian Guard Charters, or by the Civilian Courts should such a matter come before the Land’s Justice.

Regalian Common Law

Wearing a weapon in public without express permission to do so is illegal. To hide one’s identity, or to impersonate another person, is illegal. To harm in self defence is only legal when under self-risk of bodily harm. To harm another citizen or non-citizen Regalian resident, is illegal. To deprive another Regalian Citizen of their freedom, is illegal. To express or support Jacobinist views or goals, is illegal. To be non Unionist and hold public office in the State, is illegal. To act with intention to conspire against the State, is illegal. To enslave outside of the confines of Saffran Law, is illegal. To harm one’s self in any mortal way or intention, is illegal. To indecently disrobe another person in public, is illegal. To expose private parts of intimate body parts in public, is illegal. To engage in child birth in public or other such non medical places, is illegal.

Regalian Property Law

To trespass on private property of a Regalian Citizen, is illegal. To drunkenly and disorderly disrupt the public peace, is illegal. To steal or damage belongings of other Regalians, is illegal. To rob or mug a Regalian Resident in the State, is illegal. To harm or damage a slave property of another, is illegal. To endeavor to create or possess false currency, is illegal. To renounce a Lifeguard oath without permission, is illegal. To force or otherwise falsify State or Family records, is illegal.

Regalian Marriage Law

To engage in fornication before marriage or Judicial consent, is illegal. To engage in adultery without the Judicial consent forms, is illegal. To neglect, ignore, or fail to provide for a married spouse, is illegal. To neglect, ignore or fail to provide for a sired offspring, is illegal. Marriage to the Regalian State is only legal between two Unionists. Upon death, unless inheritance bequeathed, possessions pass to next of kin. To marry or engage in 1st degree incestuous relations within a family, is illegal. To attempt to produce a miscarriage is illegal in any way or form or shape. To conspire or engage in marriage under duress of any thread, is illegal.

Regalian Holy Law

To subject to afflictions of the body such as Vampirism, is illegal. To subject to aberration such as learning Magic or Undeadism, is illegal. To subject to vileness such as Demonism & Possession, is illegal. To convert away from Unionism and any of its Aspects, is illegal. To cause harm or spill blood in the Holy Ground of Union, is illegal. To cause insult or harmful word in the Holy Ground of Union, is illegal. To seize upon another person in the sanctity of a Temple of Union, is illegal. To fornicate or copulate in the confines of Holy Ground of Union, is illegal. To blaspheme against the Regalian Unionist faith & Spirit, is illegal.

Regalian Insult Law

Any person calling a woman a harlot, without proof, is fined 30 Regals. Any person calling a man a coward, without proof, is fined 20 Regals. Any person insulting the sanctity of a Reverend, is fined 20 Regals. Any person offending the right of Nobility or Nobles, is fined 40 Regals. Any person who commits to a false oath and violates it, is fined 100 Regals.

Regalian Noble Law

For anyone to be in the government and not of Imperial Culture, is illegal. For anyone to be in the Kade Court and not of Imperial Culture, is illegal. To deprive another Noble of an Assembly vote in any way, is illegal. To falsify Noble seals & stamps of other Noble Houses, is illegal. When guilty of damage, both a Family House & Offender must compensate. Every Noble shall exercise their Assembly power with Title weighted votes. Every Titled shall endeavor to part-take in the Assembly, or send representation. Every Assembly proposal shall be approved by half plus one consensus. Every Assembly shall only be called between days Friday and Sunday.

Capital Law

Capital Law are the worst committed crimes in the State of Regalia which default to execution. Any and all Capital Law are based on first offence, unless specified otherwise, and if adequate proof is found of the crime, the guilty party is immediately executed. To violate the Sanctity of any woman, or to seize upon a woman through fornication without consent, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with burning at the stake. To violate the safety of the Regalian State, and to harbor intentions to seize with armed forces the civil government, and with adequate presented proof, is punished by quartering. To commit to the murder of five individuals or more, and to harbor no guilt or conscience to these crimes, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with burning at the stake. To commit to the murder of three individuals or more of ages below adulthood, and to harbor no guilt or conscience to these crimes, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with burning at the stake. To commit to convert away from the Unionist Fate, and to resist attempts of corrective conversion, and to deny the gospel of the Unionist faith, and to show no remorse of this religious crime, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with burning at the stake. To commit to Jacobin ideals, to attempt to subvert the rights of Nobility by overthrowing, to seek to institute equality between Commoners and Nobles, and to violently intend to overthrow the privilege and rights of Nobility, and with adequate presented proof, is punished by live flaying until death. To commit treason against the Regalian State by assisting foreign nations or granting knowledge or assets of the Regalian Empire to other nations, or to assist other nations in resisting Regalian Hegemony, and with adequate presented proof, is punished with whipping until death.

Synod Law

Synod Laws are religious laws that do not specifically have punishments associated with them, as the Synod does not formally have law giving or law executing powers. That being said, punishment trials or judgement trials made by the Synod allow for a person to be expelled from the Unionist Faith, or for a person to be branded as traitor. To the Unionist Synod, a marriage is between a Unionist Man and a Unionist Woman, where race allows such definitions. The Synod acknowledges that it has no right to infringe on the rights of the State to marry individuals of the same gender, or multiple members in the same marriage union, however a Unionist Sacrament of Harmony may only be issued to what the Synod deems is a Unionist marriage. That being said, the Synod may make exceptions to their own policy set for special circumstances. To the Unionist Synod, sinful behavior such as theft, unlawful imposing, murder, adultery and fornication are sinful crimes which are to be punished with barring and denunciation by the Synod. Religious denunciation is separate from civil judgement in these matters, and religious compensation is also a separate matter. Protected Faiths such as the Faith of Estel, the Old Gods Faith, the Faith of Baskarr, the Dwarven Dogma, the Allar life views, the Qadir life views and the Orc life views as well as the Oldt Fayth, are legal in the confines of the Regalian Empire as long as they fulfill the stipulations set by the Synod. These stipulations include: Worship only in the privacy of your home, Worship only in specifically allocated temples by the Synod, Public profession of these faiths or attempting to convert good Unionists to these faiths is illegal. Any religions not on this list, are pure heresy.