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Crown suits are regulated by the (English) Crown Sutis Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 106), and suits against the Crown by the (English) Petition of Right Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.34). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Crown'; Robertson on the Crown.