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The Justices of the Peace Act 1361 permitted a justice of the peace to bind over people who disturbed the peace to provide recognisance to ensure their future good conduct. [9] [3] A breach of the peace can occur at any place, including private houses. The modern definition of a breach of the peace is: There is a Breach of the Peace when,
The Justices of the Peace Act 1361 (34 Edw. 3. c. 1) The Justices of the Peace Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 7) The Justices of the Peace Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 115) The Justices of the Peace Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 16) The Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101) The Justices of the Peace Act 1965 (c. 28) The Justices of the ...
The title justice of the peace derives from 1361, [3] in the reign of Edward III. The "peace" to be guarded is the sovereign's, the maintenance of which is the duty of the Crown under the royal prerogative. Justices of the peace still use the power conferred or re-conferred on them since 1361 to bind over unruly persons "to be of good behaviour ...
A justices' clerk had the powers of a single magistrate, for example to issue a summons, adjourn proceedings, extend bail, issue a warrant for failing to surrender to bail where there is no objection on behalf of the accused, dismiss an information where no evidence is offered, request a pre-sentence report, commit a defendant for trial without consideration of the evidence and give directions ...
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The title "justice of the peace" derives from 1361, in the reign of Edward III. An Act of 1327 had referred to "good and lawful men" to be appointed in every county in the land to "guard the Peace". Justices of the peace still retain (and occasionally use) the power confirmed to them by the Justices of the Peace Act 1361 to bind over unruly ...
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Stone's Justices' Manual is a book published by LexisNexis Butterworths. It is "the standard work on summary procedure". [1] It displaced Burn's Justices of the Peace as the standard work on that subject from 1850 onwards. [2] By 1914, it was old, well-established and formidably large. [3]