Poyning’s Law

English Law: Poyning’s Law in the Past

The name usually given to an act which was passed by a parliament holden in Ireland (see more about this legal system) in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England (see more about this legal system) before that time should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland (see more about this legal system). Irish Stat. 10 H. VII. c. 22; Co. Litt. 141 b; Harg. n. 3. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about poyning’s law is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including poyning’s law.

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