British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914. See ALIEN....
Bubble Act, 6 Geo. 1, c. 18 (repealed by 6 Geo. 4, c. 91), passed after the failure of the South Sea Scheme, to discourage similar schemes designed merely as baits to extract money from the thoughtless....
By the Act, means 'directly by the Act' i.e., by virtue of positive enactment, Dr. Indramani Pyarelal Gupta v. W.R. Natu, AIR 1963 SC 974: (1963) 1 SCR 721....
Carriage by Air Act (English), 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air. The rules constitute a code of the law of carriage of passengers, luggage and goods consigned, and the liabilities of the carrier and rights and liabilities of passengers and consignors. The Act is to come into force by Order in Council....
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (English), 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 22), embodies the Hague Rules for the unification of bills of lading (q.v.).A 1936 federal Act defining, for goods damaged in transit, the rights and responsibilities of issuers and holders of ocean bills of lading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...
Cat and Mouse Act, a popular term for the (English) Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-health) Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 4)...
Chancery (Great Seal [Offices] Abolition Act). See 37 & 38 Vict. c. 81....
Church Patronage (Scotland) Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 82)....
Colonial Marriages Validity Act (English), 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 64). All the laws made or to be made by the legislature of any of his Majesty's possessions for the purpose of establishing the validity of marriages previously contracted therein, are to have the same effect within all parts of his Majesty's dominions as within the place where they were made....
Conventry Act (English) (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 1), by which it was made a capital felony to disable with intent to disfigure,so called because it was passed in consequence of an assault upon Sir John Coventry. Repealed y 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 1....