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| | Regia Anglorum - The Law in Anglo-Saxon England |
 | | The legislative functions of Anglo-Saxon England were carried out by the king and his council or, sometimes, by the council alone. |
 | | Codes of law were produced at regular intervals by kings, and the issue of a new code was an opportunity to add new statutes, modify existing ones, or re-state old laws that were being ignored. |
 | | Above the hundred court was the shire court which met twice a year, usually about Easter and Michaelmas (29th September), and was presided over by the ealdorman, the bishop and the king's senior reeve in the area, the shire-reeve (or sheriff), with all the major landowners in the shire, or their reeves, present. |
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