Statute of Quia Emptores
Parliament of Edward I
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The Genius of the Common Law Sir Frederick Pollock 1 endorsed 1 citation
Explicitly praised as excellent and universally approved, indicating an endorsing stance.
Still Quia Emptores was an excellent piece of work, anticipating indeed the methods of our best modern draftsmen, and no one in England ever wanted to amend it.
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John William Sharp McKechnie 1 extended 1 citation
The passage explicitly frames chapter 39 as anticipating and being developed further by the later Statute of Quia Emptores.
These chapters anticipate the principles underlying two famous measures of Edward’s reign:
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