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    The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496, formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed during the reign of Henry...
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  • habita Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (abolished compurgation for high treason and theft) Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (abolished benefit of clergy for petty...
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  • Commentaries on the Laws of England, William Blackstone, Book 4 chapter 14 Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c. 7) Hale's History of Pleas of the Crown (1800...
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    Bathurst. Merkin, Rob (2021). Marine Insurance: A Legal History. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-78811-675-6. "Benefit of Clergy Act 1496". vLex....
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  • Act of Accord (1460) (39 Hen. 6. c. 1) The Treason Act 1488 (4 Hen. 7. c. 18) The Treason Act 1495 (11 Hen. 7. c. 1) The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12...
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    The Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (4 Hen. 4. c. 3) was an Act passed during the reign of Henry IV of England by the Parliament of England. It abolished compurgation...
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    The Benefit of Clergy Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 7), long title An Act to take away clergy from the offenders in rape and burglary, and an order for the...
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    particularly the benefit of clergy. It was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967. The act has sixteen parts. Parts I - V concerned the formalities of pleading...
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    John Fineux (category Lord chief justices of England and Wales)
    orders of benefit of clergy. This act, though its duration was limited to a single year, was vehemently denounced by Richard Kidderminster, abbot of Winchcombe...
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    death penalty without being permitted benefit of clergy. Under the statute, killings subject to benefit of clergy were called manslaughters and required...
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    this Royal Supremacy in law. In April 1533, an Act in Restraint of Appeals eliminated the right of clergy to appeal to "foreign tribunals" (Rome) over the...
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    of Holyroodhouse and Falkland Palace. The education act passed by the Parliament of Scotland in 1496 introduced compulsory schooling. During James's twenty-five-year...
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    Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 27) or the Criminal Statutes (England) Repeal Act 1827 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of Peel's...
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    guilty of felony, and was to suffer death without benefit of clergy. This death penalty was reduced to transportation for life by the Punishment of Offences...
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    English Reformation (category History of the Church of England)
    Convocation of York agreed to the same on behalf of the clergy of York province. That same year, Parliament passed the Pardon to Clergy Act 1531.[citation...
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    penalty without benefit of clergy or sanctuary. If any person was to prevent the use of any royal castle or ordnance by the crown, destroy any of the Queen's...
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    authority at the expense of the Catholic Church and the clergy. In 1487, he led a force against the Ottoman Empire and defeated the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate...
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    The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant...
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    Parliament of England. It stated that anyone who refused to plead in a criminal trial would not be eligible for benefit of clergy. v t e v t e v t e...
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    Person Act Benefit of clergy The Cabinet Lawyer, 4th Ed, 1828, p 12; 6th Ed, 1830, p 355. "Lord Lansdowne's Act". The Law Magazine. Second Edition of Volume...
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    hostility remained at lower levels of the clergy. The treaty as a whole was finally ratified on 16 January 1707 by a majority of 110 votes to 69. The two Acts...
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    Statutes Repeal Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 27) and Criminal Law (India) Act 1828 (Benefit of clergy) c. 5 A clerk shall be arrainged of all his offences...
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    The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant...
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    The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant...
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    of York Act 1663 (15 Cha. 2. c. 14) Falmouth Church Act 1664 (16 Cha. 2. c. 10) John Bill's Estate Act 1670 (22 Cha. 2. c. 19) Settlement on Duke of York...
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    The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant...
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    United Kingdom Benefit of clergy Section 2 Section 2 Section 8 Section 4 1&2 Ph. & M. c.11 1&2 Ph. & M. c.10 Sections 2 and 4 Treason Act 1708, section...
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    Mar. c. 32) Benefit of Clergy, etc. Act 1691 (3 Will. & Mar. c. 9) Trade with France Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 34) Trade with France Act 1690 (2 Will...
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    The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant...
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    The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced same-sex marriage in England and Wales...
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