Merchants, statute of
Merchants, statute of, 1285. This statute made at Westminster (13 Edw. I s. 3) strengthened the provisions in the statute of Acton Burnell for the swift recovery of debts in the interest of promoting trade. Proceedings could be instituted in more towns, to be named, debtors could be at once imprisoned on default, and were liable to lose all their lands. The statute did not apply to Jews.
J. A. Cannon
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