Commons Act 1285
United Kingdom legislation
The Commons Act 1285 (13 Edw. 1. c. 46) was an act of the Parliament of England. It was chapter 46 of the Statute of Westminster the Second.
Subsequent developments
The act was extended to Ireland by Poynings' Law 1495 (10 Hen. 7. c. 22 (I)).
So much of this statute as ordained that the towns near adjoining were to be distrained to levy, at their own cost, a hedge or dyke overthrown, and to yield damages, was repealed, as to England and Wales, by the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1826 (7 & 8 Geo.
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