Forcible Entry Act 1588

The Forcible Entry Act 1588^[1]
Other legislation
Parliament of England
Long title	An Acte for Explanacon or Declaracon of the Statute of Octavo Regis Henrici Sexti, concerninge forcible Entries & the Indictments therupon to be founde.
Statute book chapter	31 Eliz 1 c 11
Repealing legislation	The Criminal Law Act 1977, ss. 13(2)(d) & 65(5) & Sch. 13
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The Forcible Entry Act 1588 (31 Eliz 1 c 11) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

Its purpose was to prevent the avoidance of the proviso to the Forcible Entry Act 1429. It provided that no restitution was to be made on an indictment for forcible entry against parties who had been in possession of the land for three years or more. It further provided that the fact of three or more years possession could be alleged in stay of restitution, on penalty of payment of costs if that fact was not proved.^[2]

References

Halsbury's Statutes, Third Edition, volume 18, page 411
The Statutes, Third Revised Edition, HMSO, 1950

^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948
^ This is how the statute is summarised in the two marginal notes to it in "The Statutes" referred to above

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Forcible Entry Act 1588

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