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Poynings' Law

Poynings' Law

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Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda was a 1494 Act of the Parliament of Ireland which provided that the parliament could not meet until its proposed legislation had been approved both by Ireland's Lord Deputy and Privy Council and by... Wikipedia
Start date: 1494
Location: Drogheda
Introduced by: Probably Sir Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Repealed: 1878