Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes)


An Act confirming all the Statutes made in England is an act passed by the Parliament of Ireland which gave all statutes "late made" by the Parliament of England the force of law in the Lordship of Ireland. It was passed by Poynings' Parliament, along with other acts strengthening English law in Ireland, one of which was commonly called "Poynings' Law" until its virtual repeal by the Constitution of 1782.
Many of the English acts adopted by Poynings' Law were repealed with respect to Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 1872, having already been repealed with respect to England by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 and others. Poynings' Law itself remains in force in Northern Ireland. In the republic, it was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, without thereby repealing the English statutes it referred to, a few of which remain in force.

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