List of legislation named for a place
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This is a list of legislation
named for a place, typically the place in which it was passed (medieval governments were itinerant).
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
named for a place, typically the place in which it was passed (medieval governments were itinerant).
- Constitutions of ClarendonConstitutions of ClarendonThe Constitutions of Clarendon were a set of legislative procedures passed by Henry II of England in 1164. The Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the Church courts and the extent of Papal authority in England...
1164 - Assize of ClarendonAssize of ClarendonThe Assize of Clarendon was an 1166 act of Henry II of England that began the transformation of English law from such systems for deciding the prevailing party in a case as trial by ordeal or trial by battle to an evidentiary model, in which evidence and inspection was made by laymen...
1166 - Assize of NorthamptonAssize of NorthamptonThe Assize of Northampton, largely based on the Assize of Clarendon of 1166, is among a series of measures taken by King Henry II of England that solidified the rights of the knightly tenants and made all possession of land subject to and guaranteed by royal law.The assize is believed to have been...
1176 - Statute of MertonStatute of MertonThe Statute of Merton or Provisions of Merton , sometimes also known as the Ancient Statute of Merton, is considered to be the first English statute, and is printed as the first statute in The Statutes of the Realm.The statute's terms were agreed at Merton between Henry III and the barons of...
1235 - Provisions of OxfordProvisions of OxfordThe Provisions of Oxford are often regarded as England's first written constitution ....
1258 - Statute of MarlboroughStatute of MarlboroughThe Statute of Marlborough was a set of laws passed by King Henry III of England in 1267. There were twenty-nine chapters, of which four are still in force...
1267 (or Statute of Marlbridge?) - Statute of GloucesterStatute of GloucesterStatute of Gloucester is one of the most important pieces of legislation enacted in the Parliament of England during the reign of Edward I. The Statute, proclaimed at Gloucester in August 1278, was crucial to the development of English law....
1278 - Statute of RhuddlanStatute of RhuddlanThe Statute of Rhuddlan , also known as the Statutes of Wales or as the Statute of Wales provided the constitutional basis for the government of the Principality of North Wales from 1284 until 1536...
1284 (or the Statute of Wales or the Statute of Rutland) - Statute of Westminster I 1275
- Statute of Westminster II 1285
- Statute of Winchester 1285
- Statute of Westminster III 1290
- Statute of YorkStatute of YorkThe Statute of York was a 1322 Act of the Parliament of England that repealed the Ordinances of 1311 and prevented any similar provisions from being established. Academics argue over the actual impact of the bill, but general consensus is that it made the idea that the House of Commons should be...
1318 - Statute of Northampton 1328 (2 Edw.3)
- Statute of Kilkenny 1367
- Statute of Westminster 1931Statute of Westminster 1931The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Passed on 11 December 1931, the Act established legislative equality for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire with the United Kingdom...