Forcible Entry Act 1588
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1588 c. 11 |
| Year | 1588 |
(31 Eliz. 1) C A P. XI.
'W H E R E A S there is one good Act made and established in the eighth Year of the Reign of KingHenry the Sixth, against such Persons as should make Forcible Entry into Lands, Tenements and other Possessions, or them should Forcibly hold; and one very good Proviso or Clause, in the said Act contained, as ensueth:'
'II. Provided always, That they which keep their Possessions with Force, in any Lands and Tenements whereof they or their Ancestors have continued their Possession in the same by three Years or more, be not endamaged by Force of the said Statute.'
III The Proviso in the Statute of 8 H. 6. c. 9. touching continuance of Possessions by three Years.
'III. And whereas divers of the Queen's Majesty's good and loving Subjects and their Ancestors, or those whose Estate they have, for many Years together, above the Space of three Years or more, have been in quiet Possession of their Dwelling-houses, and other their Lands and Possessions; and now of late divers of her Majesty's said Subjects, having Entries made upon their Possessions, having had such quiet and long Possession, for disturbing of such Entrers, and for keeping of their Possession against such Entrers, by Colour of Indictments of Forcible Entry, or forcible keeping Possession, found against them, by Means of the Oaths of such Entrers, have been removed and put out of their Dwelling-houses, and other their Possessions which they have quietly held by the Space of three Years together or longer Time, next before such Indictments found against them, against the true Meaning and Intent of the said Proviso or Clause contained in the said Act:' (2) For Remedy of which Inconvenience, and for true Declaration and Explanation of the Law therein, (3) Be it ordained, declared and enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That no Restitution upon any Indictment of Forcible Entry, or holding with Force, be made to any Person or Persons, if the Person or Persons so indicted hath had the Occupation or hath been in quiet Possession by the Space of three whole Years together next before the Day of such Indictment so found, and his, her or their Estate or Estates therein not ended...
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