Statute of Treasons 1351

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The Statute of Treasons 1351 is a foundational English law that formally defined and limited the crime of treason, shaping the legal understanding of treason in England and later common law jurisdictions for centuries.

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Statute of Treasons 1351 canonical 3
Treason Act 1351 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
English statute ⓘ
medieval legal text ⓘ
assentedToBy Edward III of England ⓘ
category high treason ⓘ
petty treason ⓘ
citedBy later Treason Acts ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
definesOffence adhering to the king’s enemies, giving them aid and comfort ⓘ
bringing false money into the realm to merchandise or make payment ⓘ
compassing or imagining the death of the king ⓘ
counterfeiting the Great Seal or Privy Seal ⓘ
counterfeiting the king’s money ⓘ
killing the chancellor, treasurer, or the king’s justices in the execution of their office ⓘ
levying war against the king in his realm ⓘ
violating the king’s companion, eldest unmarried daughter, or wife of the king’s eldest son and heir ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of England ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational statute on treason in English law ⓘ
limited royal and judicial discretion in treason prosecutions ⓘ
influenceOn English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law

United States constitutional law on treason ⓘ
definition of treason in later English statutes ⓘ
law of treason in the United Kingdom ⓘ
treason law in common law jurisdictions ⓘ
inForceIn early modern England ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Law French ⓘ
legalEffect defined treason in English law ⓘ
distinguished high treason from petty treason ⓘ
limited scope of treason ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment Edward III of England ⓘ
partiallyStillInForce United Kingdom ⓘ
pettyTreasonIncludes clerk killing his prelate ⓘ
servant killing his master ⓘ
wife killing her husband ⓘ
purpose to prevent expansion of treason by judicial interpretation ⓘ
to provide a precise definition of treason ⓘ
regnalYearCitation 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5 c. 2 ⓘ
relatedTo Treason Act 1790 ⓘ
linked to: later Treason Acts

Treason Act 1814 ⓘ
linked to: later Treason Acts

Treason Act 1842 ⓘ
linked to: later Treason Acts
shortTitle Treason Act 1351 ⓘ
subjectMatter high treason ⓘ
petty treason ⓘ
treason ⓘ
yearEnacted 1351 ⓘ

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Edward III of England → significantLegislation → Statute of Treasons 1351 ⓘ
Statute of Treasons 1351 → shortTitle → Treason Act 1351 ⓘ
linked to: Statute of Treasons 1351
later Treason Acts → follows → Statute of Treasons 1351 ⓘ
later Treason Acts → basedOn → Statute of Treasons 1351 ⓘ
Treason Act 1790 → follows → Treason Act 1351 ⓘ
linked to: Statute of Treasons 1351