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Treason Act
Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland on the subject of treason and related offences. Several Acts on the subject of treason may also have different short titles, such as the Sedition Act. The Treason Acts may refer to all statutes with this short title or to all statutes on the subject of treason and related offences. List England ; 62 acts (1351–1705) :The Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5 c.2) :The Forfeitures Act 1360 (34 Ed. 3 c. 12) :The Treason Act 1381 (5 Ric. 2 c. 6) :The Treason Act 1397 (21 Ric. 2 c. 12) ::''See also'' cc. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 20 :The Treason Act 1399 (1 Hen. 4 c. 10) (repealed the Treason Acts 1381 and 1397) :The Safe Conducts Act 1414 (2 Hen. 5 c. 6) :The Treason Act 1415 (3 Hen. 5 Stat. 2 c. 6) ::''See also'' 3 Hen. 5 St. 2 c. 7 :The Treason Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6 c. 17) :The Treason Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6 c. 6) :Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Title
In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. The long title (properly, the title in some jurisdictions) is the formal title appearing at the head of a statute (such as an act of Parliament or of Congress) or other legislative instrument. The long title is intended to provide a summarised description of the purpose or scope of the instrument. Like other descriptive components of an act (such as the preamble, section headings, side notes, and short title), the long title seldom affects the operative provisions of an act, except where the operative provisions are unclear or ambiguous and the long title provides a clear statement of the legislature's intention. The short title is the formal name by which legislation may by law be cited. It contrasts with the long title which, while usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benefit Of Clergy Act 1496
The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c.7) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An Act to make some Offences Petty Treason." It abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason. See also *High treason in the United Kingdom Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the sovereign; committing adultery with the sovereign's consort, with the sovereign's el ... References External links * Treason in England Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) 1490s in law 1496 in England English criminal law {{statute-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason Act 1543
The Treason Act 1543 ( 35 Hen 8 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Henry VIII of England, which stated that acts of treason or misprision of treason that were committed outside the realm of England could be tried within England. Those convicted of high treason would have their estates confiscated by the King and then be hanged, drawn and quartered. This Act received renewed attention in 1769, following protests against the Townshend Acts in colonial Boston. After determining that the 1543 Treason Act was still in effect, Parliament instructed Governor Francis Bernard of Massachusetts to gather evidence against Bostonians who might have committed acts of treason, so that they could be transported to England for trial. Colonial assemblies in British America passed resolutions against such an action, arguing that it would violate their constitutional right to a trial by jury of their peers. No one in Massachusetts was arrested under the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Of Ireland Act 1542
The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act passed by the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen. 8 c. 1) on 18 June 1542, which created the title of King of Ireland for King Henry VIII of England and his successors, who previously ruled the island as Lord of Ireland. The long title of the Act was "An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland". Among the 18th-century Irish Patriot Party it was called the Act of Annexation.; Background The Pope in 1171 abolished the High Kingship of Ireland ( of 9th-century origin, successor to the Kingship of Tara) and devalued the ancient Kingdoms of Ireland. Under ''Laudabiliter'', a papal bull, the ancient realm was disestablished and turned into a feudal province of the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church under the temporal power of the monarch of England who henceforth held the title Lord of Ireland, relinquishing to the papacy the annual tribute levied upon the nobility and people of Ireland. The Act was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Assent By Commission Act 1541
The Royal Assent by Commission Act 1541 (33 Hen 8 c 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1542, which attained Queen Catherine Howard for adultery, thereby authorising her execution. It also provided that all of Queen Catherine's assets were to be forfeited to the Crown while also creating a new method in which Royal Assent could be granted to legislation. Queen Catherine was to be convicted by bill of attainder, rather than by ordinary prosecution in a court of law. However, until 1542 the Royal Assent could be granted only by the king in person, at a ceremony in which the whole text of the bill would be read aloud. King Henry decided that "the repetition of so grievous a Story and the recital of so infamous a Crime" in his presence "might reopen a Wound already closing in the Royal Bosom". To avoid this, Parliament inserted a clause in the bill of attainder, which provided that the Royal Assent could be granted by commissioners appointed for the purpose, inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason Act 1541
The Treason Act 1541 (33 Hen.8 c.20) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1542 (acts of Parliament were backdated to the year in which the session of Parliament had begun, rather than the year in which the Act was actually passed). It provided for the trial and punishment of lunatics for high treason. The reason given for passing the Act was given by the Act itself, which stated "it is a thing almost impossible certainly to judge" whether a defendant's madness was real or feigned. Provisions of the Act Section I of the Act provided for the trial of a person who committed treason "when they were in good, whole and perfect memory, and after their accusation, examination and confession thereof before any fthe King's majesty's council, shall happen to fall to madness or lunacy". If it appeared to at least four of the council that the defendant was sane at the time of their offence and at their "accusation, examination and confession," then a commission was to investigate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason Act 1540
The Treason Act 1540 (32 Hen.8 c.25) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its short title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed Marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves." The Act confirmed that the marriage between King Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled. They had married on 6 January 1540, but Henry had had the marriage annulled on 9 July of the same year. The Act also made it high treason for anyone "by word or deed, to accept, take, judge, or believe the said marriage to be good, or to procure or do any thing to the repeal of this act." References *''Statutes at Large,'' vol. IV, Danby Pickering, Cambridge University Press, 1765. See also *High treason in the United Kingdom *Treason Act Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland on the subject of treason and related offences. Several Acts on the subje ... Trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasons In Wales Act 1540
The Treasons in Wales Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8 c.4) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It gave to commissioners the authority to try people for treason committed in Wales "or where the King's writ runneth not." See also *High treason in the United Kingdom Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the sovereign; committing adultery with the sovereign's consort, with the sovereign's eld ... References Treason in Wales Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) 1540 in law 1540 in England 16th century in Wales 1540 in Wales {{England-law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason Act (Ireland) 1537
The Treason Act (Ireland) 1537 (28 Hen 8 c. 7, long title ''An Act of Slander'') is an Act of the former Parliament of Ireland which adds several offences to the law of treason in Ireland. It was repealed in the Republic of Ireland in 1962 (but was obsolete well before then). The Act makes the following conduct treason: *to "maliciously wish, will, or desire, by words, or writing, or by craft, imagin (sic), invent, practise, or attempt, any bodily harm to be done or committed to the King's most royal person, the Queen", or their heirs apparent; *or by such means to deprive them of the dignity, title or name of their royal estates; *to slanderously publish "by express writing, or words" that the Sovereign is a heretic, tyrant, schismatic, infidel or usurper of the Crown; or *to rebelliously "detain, keep or withhold" from the Sovereign his fortresses, ships, artillery, "or other munitions or fortifications of war", for longer than six days after being commanded to surrender them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treason Act 1536
The Treason Act 1536 (28 Hen.8 c. 18) was an Act passed by the English Parliament during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. It made it high treason to marry or become engaged to the King's children, sisters, paternal aunts, or his nieces or nephews without the King's written permission, or "to deflower any of them being unmarried." It was also treason for any of the same relatives to participate in such treason. The Act was repealed by the Treason Act 1547 in the first year of the reign of Henry's successor, Edward VI. See also *High treason in the United Kingdom Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the sovereign; committing adultery with the sovereign's consort, with the sovereign's eld ... References *''Statutes at Large'', vol. IV, Danby Pickering, Cambridge University Press, 1762, p. 447. Treason in England Acts of the Parliament of Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See Of Rome Act 1536
An Act extinguishing the authority of the bishop of Rome (''28 Hen.8 c. 10'') was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England in 1536. It consisted mostly of a violent attack on the authority of the Pope and his followers, and declared that those who committed the following offences would be liable for prosecution under the Statute of Praemunire 1392: If any person or persons...shall, by writing, ciphering, printing, preaching or teaching, deed or act, obstinately or maliciously hold or stand with to extol, set forth, maintain or defend the authority, jurisdiction or power of the bishop of Rome or of his see, heretofore used, claimed or usurped within this realm... or by any pretence obstinately or maliciously invent anything for the extolling, advancement, setting forth, maintenance or defence of the same or any part thereof, or by any pretence obstinately or maliciously attribute any manner of jurisdiction, authority or preeminence to the said see of Rome, or to any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Succession Act
The Second Succession Act was a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of England in June 1536, during the reign of Henry VIII. Provisions The Second Succession Act was formally titled An Act concerning the Succession of the Crown, and was also known as the Succession to the Crown: Marriage Act 1536. 28 Henry VIII c.7 The Act followed the conviction and execution of Anne Boleyn, and removed both her daughter, Elizabeth I, and Mary I, Henry's daughter by his first wife, from the line of succession. It superseded the First Succession Act, which had declared Mary to be illegitimate and Elizabeth to be heir presumptive. This new act declared that Elizabeth was also a bastard. As a result, Henry was left without any legitimate child to inherit the throne after his death, although this would change upon the birth of Edward VI in October 1537. Because Henry had no legitimate offspring at the time of the passage of the Act, the Act gave Henry "full and plenary power and authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |