Statute of Praemunire 1392
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The Statute of Praemunire (citation 16 Ric. II c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1392 during the reign of Richard II. It hindered appeals to the Holy See thus limiting papal authority in England.
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- R H Helmholz, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Oxford University Press, 2004.