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    Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5. c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of England wherethrough, according to William Blackstone, common law treason offences...
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    on the subject of treason. Under the Treason Act 1351, or "Statute of Treasons", which distinguished between high and petty treason, several distinct...
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    parliamentary demands to clarify the law. Edward therefore introduced the Treason Act 1351. It was enacted at a time in English history when a monarch's right...
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  • harshly. The common law offence was codified in the Treason Act 1351. Under that Act, petty treason was an aggravated form of murder. It consisted of:...
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  • calendar. January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century...
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    Maitland explained that "Treason is a crime which has a vague circumference and more than one centre". The Treason Act of 1351, called "the pole star of...
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  • subject of treason and related offences. The Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5 c. 2) first provided a statutory definition of treason, which is mostly...
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  • the definition derive from English legal tradition, specifically the Treason Act 1351. Levying war means the assembly of armed people to overthrow the government...
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  • most notably the Treason Act 1351. Offences against the State Acts 1939–1998 Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 Wikisource Criminal Justice Act 1990, section 1...
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    1 Mar. Sess. 2 c. 6.) The Act abolished all forms of treason that had been created since 1351, except the Treason Act 1351 itself. It also abolished all...
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    treason except: those contained in this act, those in the original Treason Act (the Treason Act 1351), and treason consisting of counterfeiting coinage or...
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  • Constructive treason is the judicial extension of the statutory definition of the crime of treason. For example, the English Treason Act 1351 declares it...
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    coins, under the Treason Act 1351.) It was repealed by the Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c.1) but the offence was created by another act passed later...
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    The Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed...
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    the Treason Act 1351 and the Acts of 1661 and 1795 was that while the 1351 Act required an actual levying of war, the later Acts also made it treason to...
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    However, the Act did not apply to forgery (some kinds of forgery were classed as high treason by the Treason Act 1351), or to petty treason. The Act was passed...
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    treason. After the war, people continued to be prosecuted under the Treason Act 1351 for disloyalty during the War. Besides the laxer rules of procedure...
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    treasonable. High treason, defined as transgressions against the sovereign, was first codified during King Edward III's reign by the Treason Act 1351. It clarified...
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    of goods and lands. Coin Act 1696 High treason in the United Kingdom Treason Act Treason Act 1351 5 Eliz. 1. c. 11 Coin Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 1) v...
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    Ireland which gave defendants in trials for high treason under the Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5. c. 2) the right to be represented by counsel and...
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    This act went further than the Treason Act 1351, which required that the offence be proved "of open deed". A third act (c. 4) also made it treason "to...
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    some accused of treason against the Patriot cause. The two forms of treason adopted were both derived from the English Treason Act 1351. Joseph Story wrote...
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  • the text of the Treason Act 1351, crucially widening the sense so that "in the realm or elsewhere" referred to where acts of treason were done and not...
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    dependent upon each other. Other legislation of importance includes the Treason Act 1351. It was precisely the harmony of the reign that allowed a consensus...
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    Charles Cousens (category People charged with treason)
    II, for which he faced accusations of high treason. In 1946, Cousens was charged under the Treason Act 1351 - the first Australian to face the charge....
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  • distances and show the true shape of the country. 1351 14 January – Parliament passes the Treason Act, codifying and curtailing the offence. February –...
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    Zürich. January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century...
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    Titles Act 1896. The Act conferred short titles on 851 Acts which were passed between 1351 and 1881. The earliest of these Acts was the Treason Act 1351 and...
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    Lord Chancellor and above the Master of the Horse. Under the Treason Act 1351 it is treason to kill him. The office of Lord High Treasurer is distinct from...
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  • case of the lineage of the children of the British monarch under the Treason Act 1351 where the adulterers are punishable as adultering against the lineage...
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