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Parachronism
An error in chronology by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence
Act of Parliament
great importance. See EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ACTS. For an invaluable collection of selected Acts, arranged in alphabetical and chronological order, see Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility, annually continued.
Brooke's (Sir Robert) abridgement
the order in which they are strung together is very little better, being generally guided only by the chronology, Foster.
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Calendar
3rd of September, 1752, was reckoned the 14th of the same month in order to accommodate the English chronology to the new style. 6 Rymer's F'dera, 119; 2 Hall. Lit. Hist. 56, 329; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Time.'
Marriage
See 44 Geo. 3, c. 77, and other Acts in pari materia, collected in Appendix VII. to the Chronological Table of Statutes; (English) also the Marriages Legalization Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 23), legalizing marriages theretofore
Prochronism
Prochronism [fr., Gk., anterior], an error in chronology; dating a thing before it happened.
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