Talk:Statute of Merton

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Another page on WP - Merton Priory - referenced 'Statutes of Merton'. I have created this page with awareness of only one. If somone can find the others, please expand. Jameshfisher 15:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Article says that the statute was finally repealed in 1948. According to the Chronological Table of the Statutes (HMSO): Chapter 1 (damages on writ dower) was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1950. Chapter 4 (commons) was finally repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1953. James500 (talk) 20:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have also checked out the links on this article and they are totally useless because they either do not work, misdirect to another unrelated commercial site, send the reader to a general police page or something similar. The article is inaccurate and cannot be relied upon for information. I suggest either a temporary deletion or an immediate rewrite because leaving it the way that it is delivers a black eye for Wiki accuracy. 90.215.28.96 (talk) 10:35, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just now weeded out the worst from the article, although it unquestionably needs a substantial rewrite. I can confirm from my own notes that the Chronological Table is correct: the bulk of the statute had been repealed for England/Wales/Ireland in the 19th century (although I've not yet been able to double-check this for c. 10). Of the rest:

• c. 1 had already been repealed for E/W in 1881, and was repealed for NI in 1950
• c. 2 was repealed in 1948
• c. 4 was repealed for NI in 1950, and for E/W in 1953
• c. 9 was repealed in 1948

So, subject to the Chronological Table being right about c. 10, the statute was finally repealed in 1950 for Northern Ireland, and 1953 for England and Wales. Andrew Gwilliam (talk) 14:11, 13 July 2011 (UTC).[reply]

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