Poynings' Law
Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda may refer to the following acts of the Parliament of Ireland:
- The acts of Poynings' Parliament, summoned to Drogheda in 1494–5 by Edward Poynings; or more specifically
- Poynings' Law (on certification of acts), regulated the procedure for passing bills until the Constitution of 1782
- Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes), imported to Ireland many prior acts of the Parliament of England
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