See Also: POYNING' S LAW, Eng(law)
POYNING'S LAW, Eng(law)
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POYNING' S LAW, Eng (law) and rascal (oh)


POYNING' S LAW, Eng (law)


POYNING' S LAW, Eng. law. The name usually given to an act which was passed by a parliament holden in Ireland in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it by a parliament holden in Ireland in the tenth of Henry the Seventh; it enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England before that time enacts that all statutes made in the realm of England before that time should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland. Irish Stat. 10 H. should be in force and put in use in the realm of Ireland. Irish Stat. 10 H. VII. c. 22; Co. Litt. 141 b; Harg. n. 3. VII. c. 22; Co. Litt. 141 b; Harg. n. 3.

rascal (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: rascaille 'noisy crowd']
a child who behaves badly but whom you still like
old-fashioned a dishonest man
-synonym scoundrel scoundrel