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Assize of Clarendon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Assize of Clarendon was an 1166 act of Henry II of England that began the transformation of English law from such systems for deciding the prevailing party in a case as trial by ordeal or trial ...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Assize of Clarendon (English history), (1166), a series of ordinances initiated by King Henry II of England in a convocation of lords at the royal hunting lodge of Clarendon. ... CREATE MY Assize of Cl... NEW DOCUMENT...
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Here begins the Assize of Clarendon made by King Henry II., with the assent of archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and barons of all England. ... 22. And the lord king wills that this assize be held in his kingdom as long as it shall please him...
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King Henry II (1154-1189) issued the Assize of Clarendon in 1166. Note: an ‘assize' is a word with many connotations: it refers to a judicial assembly, the decision(s) made by that assembly, and the formal judgment issued in the case.
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Assize of Clarendon An assize (set of instructions for the king's judges) issued on Henry II's orders at Clarendon in 1166 ... British History: Assize of Clarendon...
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Of the Assize of Clarendon, Stubbs says (Charters, p. 141): "It is a document of the greatest importance to our legal history, and must be regarded as introducing changes into the administration of justice which were to lead the way to self government at no distant time."
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Ancient ; 4000bce - 399 ... Assize of Clarendon, 1166 ... Constitutions of Clarendon. 1164...
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