Short Title: | Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533 |
Type: | Act |
Parliament: | Parliament of England |
Long Title: | An Act for standing mute, and peremptory Challenge. |
Year: | 1533 |
Citation: | 25 Hen. 8. c. 3 |
Royal Assent: | 30 March 1534 |
Repealing Legislation: | Criminal Law Act 1826 |
Status: | repealed |
The Standing Mute, etc. Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It stated that anyone who refused to plead in a criminal trial would not be eligible for benefit of clergy.