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5), also known as the Statute of 13 Elizabeth, was an Act of Parliament in England, which laid the foundations for fraudulent transactions to be unwound when a person had gone insolvent or bankrupt. In the United Kingdom , the provisions contained in the 1571 Act were replaced by Part IX of the Law of Property Act 1925 , which has since been ...
Laws of William the Conqueror 1070–1087 [1] One God to be revered throughout the whole realm; peace and security to be preserved between English and Normans; Oath of loyalty; Protection of the King's Peace; Frenchmen to pay "scot and lot" Live cattle to be sold in cities; Defence of French allegations of offences; Hold the law of King Edward
The Treasons Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1.c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.It restored the provisions of the Treasons Act 1534, which had been passed by Parliament during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII, and then repealed by the Treason Act 1547 at the beginning of the reign of her half-brother, King Edward VI.
The Elizabethan Religious Settlement is the name given to the religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented from 1559 to 1563, marked the end of the English Reformation .
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament. 1225–1267; 1275–1307; 1308–1325; Temp. incert. 1327–1376; 1377–1397; 1399–1411
The first London house of correction was Bridewell Prison, and the Middlesex and Westminster houses also opened in the early seventeenth century.. Due to the first reformation of manners campaign, the late seventeenth century was marked by the growth in the number of houses of correction, often generically termed bridewells, established and by the passage of numerous statutes prescribing ...
Recusancy laws were in force from the reign of Elizabeth I to that of George III, but were not always enforced with equal intensity. [9] The first statute to address sectarian dissent from England's official religion was enacted in 1593 under Elizabeth I and specifically targeted Catholics, under the title "An Act for restraining Popish ...
1905 - Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09 set up by the outgoing Conservative government. 1906 - The Liberal Government is elected and begins an ambitious programme of welfare reforms. 1909 - The Minority report; 1929 - The workhouse system is abolished by the Local Government Act 1929.