Sentence examples for first statute of from inspiring English sources

In 1275 the First Statute of Westminster was issued.

The first Statute of Westminster (1275) made jury trial compulsory in criminal cases and altered land law.

The first Statute of Westminster (1275), written in Old French, was issued at Edward's first "general" parliament, to which representatives of the commons had been summoned; the other two statutes were promulgated in parliaments attended only by the great lords and councillors.

In what is believed to be the first statute of its kind in the United States, Madison banned discrimination against the non-religious on 1 April, giving them the same protections afforded to people based on their race, sexual orientation and religion, among other reasons.

Although defined as a "free" school, the first statutes of governance, approved in 1608, saw the introduction of school fees, at the rate of 4 shillings per annum, along with the school's first admissions test.

The second statute of interest is the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

His land legislation, especially the clause de donis conditionalibus in the miscellaneous Second Statute of Westminster (1285) and the statute Quia Emptores (Third Statute of Westminster, 1290), eventually helped to undermine feudalism, quite contrary to his purpose.

With the restoration of democracy in the 1970s, the Basque Country's second statute of autonomy was approved in 1979, and the EAJ-PNV reestablished itself as the leading political party in the region.

With the restoration of democracy in Spain in the 1970s, the Basque Country's second statute of autonomy was approved in 1979, and the EAJ-PNV reestablished itself as the leading political party in the region.

The statute (1290) generally referred to by its opening words, Quia emptores terrarum... ("because sellers of lands... .), called the Third Statute of Westminster by a contemporary chronicler, forbade subinfeudation (the letting out of parcels of land upon feudal tenure) in an attempt to restrict practices that cheated existing lords of their dues.

The old method of censorship had been limited by the Second Statute of Repeal, and with Mary's increasing unpopularity the existing system was unable to cope with the number of critical works being printed.