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What is the oldest staute still in use in English law?
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What is the oldest statute in English law that has been used to prosecute someone in modern times?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm not sure about the oldest, but I'm sure it's on Wikipedia somewhere (That bastion of reliable sourcing). I would suggest that the Offences Against The Person Act 1861 is probably the most well known piece of 'victorian' legislation, and yes, it badly needs codifying. Mostly you will find archaic common law rather than statute law; a quite commonly used principle is one from Tuberville v Savage (1619)...
Grunty is prbably right.
The oldest Acts still in force, however, are so old that they are undated!
Statutes of the Exchequer and Statute concerning Tenants by the Curtesy of England [no, I don't know either] pre-date 1267.
There are Acts also dating from 1267, 1275, and 1285. The Commons Act 1285 is the oldest to have been (susequently) given a proper name as a short title.
And the Treason Act 1351 created criminal offences pre-1361. That might be the oldest for your purposes.
The oldest Acts still in force, however, are so old that they are undated!
Statutes of the Exchequer and Statute concerning Tenants by the Curtesy of England [no, I don't know either] pre-date 1267.
There are Acts also dating from 1267, 1275, and 1285. The Commons Act 1285 is the oldest to have been (susequently) given a proper name as a short title.
And the Treason Act 1351 created criminal offences pre-1361. That might be the oldest for your purposes.
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