Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda may refer to the following acts of the Parliament of Ireland:
* The acts of
Poynings' Parliament, summoned to Drogheda in 1494–5 by Edward Poynings; or more specifically
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Poynings' Law (on certification of acts)
Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda ( 10 Hen.7 c.4 'The Irish Statutes'' numberingor 10
Hen.7 c.9 'Analecta Hibernica'' numbering later titled "An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England" ...
, regulated the procedure for passing bills until the Constitution of 1782
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Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes), imported to Ireland many prior acts of the Parliament of England
See also
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Poynings (disambiguation) Poynings is a village and civil parish in West Sussex, England, UK.
Poynings may also refer to the following English people:
* Baron Poynings, title in the Peerage of England, 1337–1489 and 1545
* Sir Adrian Poynings (c.1512–1571), military co ...
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