Sheriffs Act 1293

Sheriffs Act

Citation 21 Edw. 1
Dates
Repealed 2007
Other legislation
Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 2007
Edward I "Longshanks", who passed the Sheriffs Act.

The Sheriffs Act (Irish: Acht na Sirriam) is an act passed by the Parliament of Ireland in 1293, during the reign of Edward I as Lord of Ireland.[1]

The act covered the appointment of sheriffs and bailiffs; alienation without royal licence; enfeoffment; forbade the seneschal of a liberty from also being Justice Itinerant or of the Bench; addressed the collection of the "fifteenth" tax; and took back royal land that had been rented out for too low a sum; and provided that justice.

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