Provisors, Statute of

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• Provisors, Statute of — Statute of February 1351 intended to prevent the pope from exercising authority within the Church of England and from giving his often non English candidates lucrative benefices in England. The statute ordained that election to bishoprics was to… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Provisors, Statute of — (1351) Law passed by the English Parliament during the reign of Edward III. It set up procedures to increase royal control over the papal practice of making appointments to church benefices in England, and damaged English relations with the… …   Universalium

• statute — /stach ooht, oot/, n. 1. Law. a. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. b. the document in which such an enactment is expressed. 2. Internat. Law. an instrument annexed or subsidiary to an international agreement,… …   Universalium

• Statute of Provisors — An act of the English parliament passed in 1351 to prevent the Pope from exercising the power of creating provisors • • • Main Entry: ↑provisor …   Useful english dictionary

• Statute of Provisors — The English statute usually called Statute of Provisors is the 25th of Edward III, St. 4 (1350 1), otherwise termed The Statute of Provisors of Benefices , or anciently De provisoribus . This measure was central to a long disagreement between the …   Wikipedia

• Statue of Provisors —     Statute of Provisors     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Statute of Provisors     The English statute usually so designated is the 25th of Edward III, St. 4 (1350 1), otherwise termed The Statute of Provisors of Benefices , or anciently Statutu de… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament to 1601 — This is a list of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament during that body s existence prior to the Act of Union of 1707. For legislation passed after 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament.The numbers after the …   Wikipedia

• England (Before the Reformation) —     England (Before the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation)     This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Praemunire — (an error, from Latin præmonere, to pre admonish or forewarn), was an offence in English law that took its name from the introductory words of the writ of summons issued to the defendant to answer the charge, Præmunire facias A.B., c., i.e. cause …   Wikipedia

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium