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The Arms Registry of the ''Cort de Antics'' is the Levantine Union's largest [[Officer of arms|college of arms]], responsible for maintaining records on the proper descent and use of arms. Since the dissolution of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], it has become the primary authority for the issuance of arms, a role it does through the legal authority of the [[Empire-in-fact]]. It was spun off from the Familial Registry in [[1976]]. In addition to its responsibility as record keeper and issuer of arms, the Arms Registry provides both interpretive services on all arms it oversees. As part of its responsibility to manage arms, all copyright related materials that employ a true set of arms (i.e. one actually in use by a person or title) must receive written permission from the Registry to do so, though most governments and many large private entities have pre-approvals from the Registry. Failure to comply with "proper use" of Arms creates liability by the party using them, and the Arms Registry has the power to initiate lawsuits to protect the use of arms as {{wp|intellectual property}}.