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Acton Burnel

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

A name given to the statute De mercatoribu Sf 13 Edw. I., ordaining the statute merchant for the recoyery of dehts; which was so called from the castle of Acton Bumel, in Shropshire, where it was made.

Beg. Orig. 148 a.

Termes de la ley. CowelL According to lir. Reeves, it was made in the 11th year of Edward L 2 Reeves' HUU Eng. Law, 158 —162.