English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief in England and Wales that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598...
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Citizen's arrest (category Criminal law)
of the country in which they are acting. For example, in England and Wales, the power comes from Section 24A(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
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Instability of Place-names in Anglo-Saxon England and Early Medieval Wales, and the Loss of Roman Toponymy', in Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. by...
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Viking Age (redirect from Viking invasions of Wales)
notorious in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and other places in Europe for being brutal. Many theories are posited for the cause of the Viking invasions;...
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call recording laws are legislation enacted in many jurisdictions, such as countries, states, provinces, that regulate the practice of telephone call...
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warrant an indefensible criminal charge of ABH. Utilising the unlawful threshold, the courts of England and Wales have convicted parents on the basis that...
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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha house law to succeed to the duchy due to his status as the heir apparent to an existing throne, the Prince of Wales had previously renounced...
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nature of the Anglo-Saxon settlements, and also about what happened to the previous residents of what is now England. The available evidence includes...
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Ancient Celtic women (section Evidence)
Pikten und Skoten (The Matriarchy of the Picts and Scots) of 1894 argued for the existence of a matriarchy in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The evidence was...
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Jury nullification (section England and Wales)
early history of juries supports the recognition of the de facto power of nullification. By the 12th century, common law courts in England began using juries...
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Knights Templar (Freemasonry) (redirect from Grand Conclave of England)
went into a period of decline between 1872 and 1895, when it was re-founded as the present day Great Priory of England and Wales. Depending upon the...
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Inquisitorial system (category Tribunals of the Catholic Church)
In some adversarial jurisdictions (e.g., the United States, and England and Wales), a prosecutor cannot appeal a "not guilty" verdict (absent corruption...
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Riot (section England and Wales)
provision, see pages 84 and 85 of the Law Commission's report. The common law offence of riot was abolished for England and Wales on 1 April 1987. The Riot...
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British Latin (category Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
most of its history, it encompassed what was to become England and Wales as far north as Hadrian’s Wall, but with the addition, for shorter periods, of territories...
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Magnet fishing (section England and Wales)
outdoor waters. The Canal & River Trust, which owns most of the canals in England and Wales, has bylaws prohibiting people from removing material from...
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Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III...
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Penitential (section List of penitentials)
penitentials and their importance is cited as evidence of the particular strictness of the Irish spirituality of the seventh century. Walter J. Woods holds...
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Vagrancy (redirect from Vagrancy law)
major vagrancy law in England and Wales. The ordinance sought to increase the available workforce following the Black Death in England by making idleness...
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Anglo-Norman language (category Languages of Wales)
to a large extent, the spoken language of the higher social strata in medieval England. It was spoken in the law courts, schools, and universities and...
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Cornwall (redirect from Cornwall, England)
Ireland, England, Wales, France, Spain, and Portugal. During the British Iron Age, Cornwall, like all of Britain (modern England, Scotland, Wales, and the...
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imposition of taxes by state and/or local governments, and there is thus no true allodial land. Land is "held of the Crown" in England and Wales and other...
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Physiologischer und physikalischer Nachweis der Wirksamkeit kleinster Entitäten [Physiological and physical evidence of the effectiveness of the smallest...
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Knife legislation (redirect from Knife law)
include any populated area within the England and Wales, including one's motor vehicle, which is defined by law as a 'public place' unless parked on private...
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In contract law, the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is a general presumption that the parties to a contract will deal with each other...
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of Clarence and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward; 8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892) was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later...
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Anglo-Saxon law (Old English: ǣ, later lagu 'law'; dōm 'decree', 'judgment') was the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England from the 6th century until the...
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English people (redirect from People of England)
the United Kingdom. Wales was annexed by England by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542, which incorporated Wales into the English state. A new British identity...
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Treasure trove (redirect from Treasure (English law))
Present-day legal definitions: England, Northern Ireland, and Wales below). Under the common law of Scotland, the law of treasure trove was and still is...
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Body Worlds (section England and Wales)
created legislation for exhibits of human remains, including plastinated bodies and body parts, in England and Wales under the Human Tissue Act 2004....
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history of patents and patent law is generally considered to have started with the Venetian Statute of 1474. There is some evidence that some form of patent...
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