Statutes concerning forcible entries and riots confirmed or the Forcible Entry Act 1391 (15 Ric 2 c 2) (1391) was an Act

Act of Parliament

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 of the Parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

 of the Kingdom of England

Kingdom of England

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. It provided that the Forcible Entry Act 1381

Forcible Entry Act 1381

The Forcible Entry Act 1381 was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England. It created a statutory offence of forcible entry which superseded the common law offence....

 and one or more other pieces of legislation were to be held and kept and fully executed. It also authorised any justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

, who had received a complaint that such a forcible entry

Forcible entry

Forcible entry is defined by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law as the unlawful taking of possession of real property by force or threats of force or unlawful entry into or onto another's property, especially when accompanied by force....

 had been committed, to take the power of the county

Posse comitatus (common law)

Posse comitatus or sheriff's posse is the common-law or statute law authority of a county sheriff or other law officer to conscript any able-bodied males to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon, similar to the concept of the "hue and cry"...

 to arrest any person found committing forcible detainer after that forcible entry.

The whole Chapter was repealed for England and Wales

England and Wales

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 on 1 December 1977.

This Act was applied to Ireland by Poynings' Law. This Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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 by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (which repealed the whole of the 15 Ric 2, of which this Act is part).

External links

• List of legislative effects from the Irish Statute Book