History B Schools History Project GCSE
Law and local justice
What Law and local justice means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Law and local justice
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Reference: OCR
The 1563 Witchcraft Act made invoking evil spirits a capital offence, and magistrates actively pursued convictions, using methods like searching for 'witch marks' or relying on neighbourly disputes to secure executions by hanging.
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