Poynings' Law

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• Poynings' Law — is a parliamentary act initiated by Sir Edward Poynings in the Irish Parliament at Drogheda in 1494. In his position as Viceroy to Ireland and Lord Deputy, as appointed by King Henry VII of England, Poynings called together an assembly of the… …   Wikipedia

• Poynings’ Law — (Poynings’ Gesetz) geht zurück auf Sir Edward Poynings KG (1459–1521) und dessen Erklärung gegenüber dem irischen Parlament in Drogheda im Jahr 1494. In seiner Position als Lord Deputy (Stellvertreter des englischen Königs Heinrich VII. in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Poynings' Law —   [ pɔɪnɪȖz lɔː], auf Sir Edward Poynings (* 1459, ✝ 1521), Statthalter Heinrichs VII. in Irland, zurückgehendes Gesetz von 1494; es machte Zusammentritt und Tagesordnung des irischen Parlaments von der vorherigen Zustimmung des englischen Königs …   Universal-Lexikon

• Poynings Law — Poyning s Law (Gesetz von Poyning) geht zurück auf Sir Edward Poyning und dessen Erklärung gegenüber dem irischen Parlament in Drogheda im Jahr 1494. In seiner Position als Lord Deputy (Stellvertreter des englischen Königs Heinrich VII. in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Law of the Republic of Ireland — The Republic of Ireland has a common law legal system with a written constitution which provides for a parliamentary democracy based on the British parliamentary system albeit with a popularly elected president, representative democracy, a… …   Wikipedia

• POYNINGS'S LAW —    an Act of Parliament held at Drogheda in 1495 in the reign of Henry VII., declaring that all statutes hitherto passed in England should be also in force in Ireland, so called from Sir Edward Poynings, the lieutenant of Ireland at the time …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• English law — The Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, London is the seat of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal. English law is the legal system of England and Wales,[1] and is the basis of …   Wikipedia

• Northern Ireland law — refers to the legal system of statute and common law operating in Northern Ireland since Northern Ireland was established as a separate jurisdiction within the United Kingdom in 1921. Contents 1 Background 2 Criminal law 2.1 Criminal offences …   Wikipedia

• Henry Grattan — Henry Gratton Henry Grattan (* 3. Juli 1746 in Dublin; † 6. Juni 1820 in London) war ein irischer Politiker, der für die parlamentarische Souveränität Irlands vom Vereinigten Königreich eintrat, so dass aufgrund seines Eins …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Ireland 1691–1801 — This period in Ireland s history was marked by the dominance of the so called Protestant Ascendancy. These were the descendants of British colonists who had settled in the country in the wake of its conquest by England and colonisation in the… …   Wikipedia