Statute of Westminster 1285
| Long title | Statutes of King Edward made at Westminster, in his Parliament at Easter, in the Thirteenth Year of his Reign. |
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| Citation | 13 Edw. 1. St. 1 |
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| Dates | |
| Commencement | 1 April 1285 |
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| Amended by | |
| Relates to | Statute of Northampton |
Status: Partially repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Statute of Westminster 1285 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Statute of Westminster of 1285 (13 Edw. 1. St. 1), also known as the Statute of Westminster II or the Statute of Westminster the Second, like the Statute of Westminster 1275, is a code in itself, and contains the famous clause De donis conditionalibus, one of the fundamental institutes of the medieval land law of England.
William Stubbs says of it:
The law of dower, of advowson, of appeal for felonies, is largely amended; the institution of justices of assize is remodelled, and the abuses of manorial jurisdiction repressed; the statute De religiosis, the statutes of Merton and Gloucester, are amended and re-enacted. Every clause has a bearing on the growth of the later law. The whole, like the first statute of Westminster, is a code in itself…
Most of the statute was repealed in the Republic of Ireland in 1983 and the rest in 2009.