Sheriffs Act 1293

Sheriffs Act 1293[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleNone
Citation21 Edw. 1 (I)
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent1293
Commencement1293
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 2007
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Edward I "Longshanks", who passed the Sheriffs Act.

The Sheriffs Act 1293 (21 Edw. 1 (I)) (Irish: Acht na Sirriam) is an act of the Parliament of Ireland in 1293, passed 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.

Notes

  1. ^ Short title given by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (No. 28)

References

  1. ^ (eISB), electronic Irish Statute Book. "electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB)". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2017.