The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1873. It reorganised the English court system to establish the High Court and the Court of Appeal, and also originally provided for the abolition of the judicial functions of the House of Lords with respect to England. It would have retained those functions in relation to Scotland and Ireland for the time being. However, the Gladstone Liberal government fell in 1874 before the act entered into force, and the succeeding Disraeli Conservative government suspended the entry into force of the act by means of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874 and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875.
The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the judicial functions of the House of Lords by allowing senior judges to sit in the House of Lords as life peers with the rank of baron, known as Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. The first person to be made a law lord under its terms was Sir Colin Blackburn on 16 October 1876, who became Baron Blackburn.
The Alkali Act 1863 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted to provide the structure of the ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal, the appellate division of the High Court of Justice and the Lord Justices of Appeal in England and Ireland.
County Courts Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and Victoria relating to county courts.
The Short Titles Act 1896 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892.
The Metropolis Gas Act 1860 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Gas (Metropolis) Bill. The Metropolis Gas Act 1860 regulated the operation of gas supply companies in London.
The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge was a court of chancery that exercised jurisdiction within the County Palatine of Durham until it was merged into the High Court in 1972.
The Trials for Felony Act 1836 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889. The Bill for this Act was the Palatine Court of Durham Bill. Lely said that this Act was of practical utility.
The Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a public general Act. The bill for this act was the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Bill.
The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drafted by Charles Sprengel Greaves. Stephen said that compared to earlier legislation on defects in indictments, the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 "went further in the way of removing technicalities, but it did so by an enumeration of them, so technical and minute, that no one could possibly understand it who had not first acquainted himself with all the technicalities which it was meant to abolish."
The Court of Pleas of the County Palatine of Durham and Sadberge, sometimes called the Court of Pleas or Common Pleas of or at Durham was a court of common pleas that exercised jurisdiction within the County Palatine of Durham until its jurisdiction was transferred to the High Court by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873. Before the transfer of its jurisdiction, this tribunal was next in importance to the Chancery of Durham. The Court of Pleas probably developed from the free court of the Bishop of Durham. The Court of Pleas was clearly visible as a distinct court, separate from the Chancery, in the thirteenth century.
The Agricultural Holdings (England) Act 1875 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Benjamin Disraeli's Conservative government.
The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts are a series of acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom to deal with the possibility of the accrual of economic harm or intra-species contamination. In 1892, the local authorities were not making sufficient use of powers to combat animal diseases so the Act introduced central control over the slaughter of infected animals and the payment of compensation. The 1893 Act transferred from local authorities to the Board of Agriculture the responsibility for wiping out swine fever. It was followed by the 20th-century series notation Diseases of Animals Act. Rabid dogs were included in 1878.
The Municipal Corporation (Elections) Act 1869, sometimes called the Municipal Franchise Act 1869 or the Municipal Corporation (Election) Act 1869, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1879 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Prosecution of Offences Acts 1879 to 1908.
