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  • Trust (law)In the 12th and 13th centuries, personal trust law began to develop in England. Legal historians believe that inter vivos trusts were first created for the…
  • Common lawIn 1066, the Norman Conquest reshaped England's legal landscape by replacing fragmented local courts with a unified royal system.
  • Justice of the peaceIn 1195, King Richard I of England and his minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas.
  • The CrownLegal scholars Maurice Sunkin and Sebastian Payne once wrote that the nature of the Crown has been taken for granted, in part because it is fundamental.