Frankpledge
System of joint suretyship common in England throughout the Early and High Middle Ages.
System of joint suretyship common in England throughout the Early and High Middle Ages.
English historic legal and administrative unit comprising the men of ten neighbouring households, held responsible for the actions for any one of its members.
Largely ineffective royal proclamation intended to address the acute labour shortage in the wake of the Black Death.
Act of Parliament intended to suppress beggars and itinerant vagabonds.
Act of Parliament intended to increase the number or corpses available for dissection by medical students.
English common law crime of excessive litigation, particularly for the purposes of profit or harassment.
Act of Parliament making it legal for the first time in the United Kingdom for a man to marry his dead wife’s sister.
First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.
English judge and jurist (1865–1948) who specialised in commercial and banking law.
Act of Parliament making it easier for local authorities to clear slums, and obliging them to rehome the tenants of such areas.