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Benefit of Clergy Act 1402, the Glossary

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (4 Hen. 4. c. 3) was an Act passed during the reign of Henry IV of England by the Parliament of England.^[1]

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin: privilegium clericale) was originally a provision by which clergymen accused of a crime could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

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Compurgation

Compurgation, also called trial by oath, wager of law, and oath-helping, was a defence used primarily in medieval law.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.

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High treason in the United Kingdom

Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 and high treason in the United Kingdom are English criminal law.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1399–1411

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the years 1399 until 1411.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Act 1872

The Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed, as to Ireland, certain acts of the Parliament of England which had been extended to the then Lordship of Ireland by royal writs or acts of the Parliament of Ireland down to Poynings' Law (1495).

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