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This is a list of lists of acts of the several Parliaments and Assemblies that exist or formerly existed in the United Kingdom and the former Kingdoms of Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, grouped by the Parliament or Assembly that passed them. It also contains information on series of acts of similar purpose.
Legislation in the British Isles includes legislation of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Crown dependencies, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the pre-union Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and other former states.
List of statutory rules and orders of the United Kingdom is an incomplete list of statutory rules and orders of the United Kingdom. Statutory rules and orders were the predecessor of statutory instruments and they formed the secondary legislation of England , Scotland and Wales prior to 1948 and the coming into force of the Statutory ...
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 Royal Proclamation of 1763 explicitly applied English Common Law to all British overseas colonies, and affirmed some degree of local law-making. The American Revolutionary War resulted in a unilateral separation recognized by the Peace of Paris (1783) , but the English system continued to be used as the basis for court decisions.
Laws passed by the pre-1707 English Parliament or laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of the United Kingdom that specifically apply only to England and Wales. This category is for articles that discuss individual English laws rather than the body of English law as a whole covered in the Category:English law
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Laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain or the Parliament of the United Kingdom that primarily apply only in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland are listed under both those categories and the relevant categories United Kingdom Acts of Parliament by year and Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain by year.