Law Dictionary
Letter P
Poyning's Act
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Poyning's Act, or STATUTE OF DROGHEDA, and Act of Parliament, made in Ireland, 10 Hen. 7, c. 22, AD 1495; so called because Sir Edward Poynings was lieutenant there when it was made, whereby all general statutes before then made in England were declared of force in Ireland, which, before that time, they were not, 12 Rep. 109; 3 Hall, Const. Hist. c. xviii. p. 361.
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