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The Statute of Winchester of 1285 (13 Edw. 1. St. 2; Latin: Statutum Wynton̄), also known as the Statute of Winton, was a statute enacted by King Edward I of England that reformed the system of Watch and Ward of the Assize of Arms of 1252, and revived the jurisdiction of the local courts. [1] [2] It received royal assent on 8 October 1285.
Every law that takes away, or impairs, rights vested, agreeably to existing laws, is retrospective, and is generally unjust, and may be oppressive; and it is a good general rule, that a law should have no retrospect: but there are cases in which laws may justly, and for the benefit of the community, and also of individuals, relate to a time ...
The Statute of Sewers (23 Hen. 8. c. 5) was a 1532 law enacted by the English Reformation Parliament of King Henry VIII. It sought to make the powers of various commissions of sewers permanent, whereas previously, each parliament had to renew their powers. It is noted as one of the earliest occurrences in English legal history of a Henry VIII ...
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #577 on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, January 8, 2025The New York Times.
The Burying in Woollen Acts 1666–80 were acts of the Parliament of England (citation 18 & 19 Cha. 2.c. 4 (1666), [1] [2] 30 Cha. 2.c. 3 (1678) [3] and 32 Cha. 2.c. 1 (1680) [4]) which required the dead, except plague victims and the destitute, to be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of any foreign textiles.
The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. pp. 115– 169. ISBN 9780813216799. Troianos, Spyros (2012). "Byzantine Canon Law from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries". In Wilfried Hartmann; Kenneth Pennington (eds.). The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500.
Senator (and future Chief Justice) Oliver Ellsworth was the drafter of the Crimes Act. The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), [1] formally titled An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States, defined some of the first federal crimes in the United States and expanded on the criminal procedure provisions of the Judiciary Act of 1789. [2]
The statutes at large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1509–53. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan (Full text of the Acts as passed, from Google Books scan) 27 Hen. 8.