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Lord Keeper Act 1562

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1562 c. 18
Year1562
Anno quinto Regin E l i z a b e t h . An Act declaring the Authority of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and the Lord ChancellorofEngland to be one.

(5 Eliz. 1) C A P. XVIII.

'W H E R E some Question hath of late risen, whether like Place, Authority, Preheminence, Jurisdiction and Power doth belong, and of Right ought to belong, to the Office of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal ofEngland for the Time being, as of Right doth and ought to belong to the Office of the Lord Chancellor of England for the Time being, or not:'

S-II The Authority of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and the Lord Chancellor, is all one. 4 Inst 87.

II The Authority of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and the Lord Chancellor, is all one. 4 Inst 87.

II. For Declaration whereof and in avoiding such Question hereafter, be it enacted and declared by the Queen our Sovereign Lady, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Common Law of this Realm is, and always was, and ought to be taken, that the Keeper of the Great Seal ofEngland for the Time being hath always had, used and executed, and of Right ought to have, use and execute, and from henceforth may have, perceive, take, use and execute, as of Right belonging to the Office of the Keeper of the Great Seal of England for the Time being, the same and like Place, Authority, Preheminence, Jurisdiction, Execution of...

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