Talk:Statute of Merton

Statutes of Merton?
Another page on WP - Merton Priory - referenced 'Statutes of Merton'. I have created this page with awareness of only one. If somone can find the others, please expand. Jameshfisher 15:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Date of repeal
The Article says that the statute was finally repealed in 1948. According to the Chronological Table of the Statutes (HMSO): Chapter 1 (damages on writ dower) was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1950. Chapter 4 (commons) was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1953. James500 (talk) 20:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I have also checked out the links on this article and they are totally useless because they either do not work, misdirect to another unrelated commercial site, send the reader to a general police page or something similar. The article is inaccurate and cannot be relied upon for information. I suggest either a temporary deletion or an immediate rewrite because leaving it the way that it is delivers a black eye for Wiki accuracy. 90.215.28.96 (talk) 10:35, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I've just now weeded out the worst from the article, although it unquestionably needs a substantial rewrite. I can confirm from my own notes that the Chronological Table is correct: the bulk of the statute had been repealed for England/Wales/Ireland in the 19th century (although I've not yet been able to double-check this for c. 10).  Of the rest:
 * c. 1 had already been repealed for E/W in 1881, and was repealed for NI in 1950
 * c. 2 was repealed in 1948
 * c. 4 was repealed for NI in 1950, and for E/W in 1953
 * c. 9 was repealed in 1948
 * So, subject to the Chronological Table being right about c. 10, the statute was finally repealed in 1950 for Northern Ireland, and 1953 for England and Wales. Andrew Gwilliam (talk) 14:11, 13 July 2011 (UTC).

External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20080509105344/http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2002/05/daily-05-03-2002.shtml to http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2002/05/daily-05-03-2002.shtml
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120205181214/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/HistoryBeforeEuropeanSettlement to http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/HistoryBeforeEuropeanSettlement

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