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The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Welsh: Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) or the Acts of Union (Welsh: Y Deddfau Uno), were Acts of the Parliament of England under King Henry VIII of England, causing Wales to be incorporated into the realm of the Kingdom of England.
Subsequently, the Welsh law's criminal codes were superseded by the Statute of Rhuddlan in AD 1284 and its civil codes by Henry VIII's series of Laws in Wales Acts between 1535 and 1542. Welsh law was a form of Celtic law with many similarities to the Brehon law of Ireland and particularly the customs and terminology of the Britons of ...
Page from Peniarth MS 41, a 15th-century manuscript of the Statute of Rhuddlan in Welsh. The Statute of Rhuddlan [n 1] (Welsh: Statud Rhuddlan), also known as the Statutes of Wales (Latin: Statuta Walliae [2] or Valliae) or as the Statute of Wales (Latin: Statutum Walliae [3] or Valliae), was a royal ordinance by Edward I of England, which gave the constitutional basis for the government of ...
Through a series of charters the principality and other areas saw the penal laws being abolished, although communities sometimes had to pay considerable sums for these charters. [9] There also remained some doubt about their legal validity. [10] The penal statutes were finally superseded under Henry VIII by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542.
The law of Hywel lost its importance after the conquest of Wales by Edward I and the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284. The law retained some importance in Wales until the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. [2] Since the Laws in Wales Acts, Wales has been part of the single legal jurisdiction of England and Wales.
The statutory instruments are secondary legislation, deriving their power from the acts of Parliament establishing and transferring functions and powers to the Welsh Assembly. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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The Acts formal names are "The Laws in Wales Act 1535" and "The Laws in Wales Act 1542". Pretty much the suggested version of Ghmyrtle, with a couple of tweeks. Daicaregos 14:20, 27 September 2010 (UTC) Fine by me. One question - the Welsh translation is given as Y Deddfau Uno. I don't speak Welsh but suspect that that translates as "Acts of ...