STATUTES OF See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• STATUTES OF WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

WESTMINSTER  , two See also:

• ENGLISH

English statutes passed during the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I, See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament having met at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster on the 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1275, its See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• WORK

work was the See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of the See also:

• STATUTE

statute of Westminster I . This was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up, not in Latin, but in See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and was passed " See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par le assentement See also:

• DES

des erceveskes, eveskes, abbes, priurs, contes, barons, et la communaute de la tere ileokes somons." Its See also:

• PRO

pro-visions can be best summarized in the words of See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs (Const . Hist. cap. xiv.) : " This See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act is almost a See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code by itself ; it contains fifty-one clauses, and covers the whole ground of legislation . Its See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language now recalls that of Canute or See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred, now anticipates that of our own See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day; on the one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand See also:

• COMMON

common right is to be done to all, as well poor as See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, without respect of persons; on the other, elections are to be See also:

• FREE

free, and no See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man is by force, malice or menace, to disturb them . The spirit of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

Charter is not less discernible: excessive amercements, abuses of wardship, irregular demands for feudal See also:

• AIDS

aids, are forbidden in the same words or by amending enactments . The See also:

• INQUEST (O. Fr. enqueste, modern enqueete, from Lat.inquisitum, inquirere, to inquire)

inquest See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II., the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• WRECK

wreck, and the institution of coroners, See also:

• MEASURES

measures of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard and his ministers, come under See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review as well as the Provisions of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and the Statute of See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough." The second statute of Westminster was passed in the parliament of 1285 . Like the first statute it is a code in itself, and contains the famous clause De donis conditionalibus (q.v.), " one of the fundamental institutes of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• LAND

land law of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England." Stubbs says of it: " The law of See also:

• DOWER (through the Old Fr. douaire from late Lat. dotarium, classical Lat. dos, dowry)

dower, of See also:

• ADVOWSON

advowson, of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal for felonies, is largely amended; the institution of justices of See also:

• ASSIZE

assize is remodelled, and the abuses of manorial See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction repressed; the statute De religiosis, the statutes of Merton and See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, are amended and re-enacted . Every clause has a bearing on the growth of the later law." The statute Quia Emptores of 1290 is sometimes called the statute of Westminster III .