Poynings' Law

Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda may refer to the following acts of the Parliament of Ireland:

• The acts of Poynings' Parliament, summoned to Drogheda in 1494–5 by Edward Poynings; or more specifically
• Poynings' Law (on certification of acts), regulated the procedure for passing bills until the Constitution of 1782
• Poynings' Law (confirmation of English statutes), imported to Ireland many prior acts of the Parliament of England

See also

• Poynings (disambiguation)