Forfeitures Act 1360

Forfeitures Act 1360
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of England
Long titleThere shall be no forfeiture of lands for treason of dead persons not attainted.
Citation34 Edw. 3. c. 12
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent1360
Commencement1360
Repealed30 July 1948
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1948
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Forfeitures Act 1360 (34 Edw. 3. c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of England that prohibited "forfeiture for treason of [by] dead persons not attainted or judged in their lives."

Prior to the act being passed, land and goods had been confiscated from the surviving relatives of dead people as a penalty for treason committed by the deceased even though they had not been convicted during their lifetime. The act prevented the posthumous seizure of property for treason except where the prior owner had been convicted while they were alive.

Subsequent developments

The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Poynings' Law 1495", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Hen7 c. 10
  2. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/11-12 c. 62

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