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Benefit of Clergy Act 1496

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Benefit of Clergy Act 1496
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make some Offences Petty Treason.
Citation12 Hen. VII. c.7
Territorial extent 
Other legislation
Relates to23 Hen. VIII. c.I (1531)
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 (12 Hen. 7 c.7) was an Act of the Parliament of England.[1] Its long title was "Of Murder." It abolished benefit of clergy for petty treason and murder.

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  1. ^ Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne; Raithby, John (1811). Benefit of Clergy Act 1496 [12 Hen. VII. - A.D. 1496 Chapter VII]. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: from Magna Carta to the Union of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. II. London, Great Britain: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. pp. 790–791. OCLC 1110419501. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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