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Act of Congress
An Act of Congress is a statute enacted by the United States Congress.
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Act of Consolidation, 1854
The Act of Consolidation, more formally known as the act of February 2, 1854 (P.L. 21, No. 16), is legislation of the Pennsylvania General Assembly that created the consolidated City and County of Philadelphia, expanding the city's territory to the entirety of Philadelphia County and dissolving the other municipal authorities in the county.
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Act of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).
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All England Law Reports
The All England Law Reports (abbreviated in citations to All ER) are a long-running series of law reports covering cases from the court system in England and Wales.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009.
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
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Article (grammar)
An article (with the linguistic glossing abbreviation) is a word that is used with a noun (as a standalone word or a prefix or suffix) to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.
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Attainder of Earl of Kellie and others Act 1746
The Attainder of Earl of Kellie and others Act 1746 was a parliamentary response to the failed Jacobite rising of 1745.
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Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT; known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938) is Australia's federal district, located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of New South Wales.
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Australian Guide to Legal Citation
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) is published by the Melbourne University Law Review Association in collaboration with the Melbourne Journal of International Law and seeks to provide the Australian legal community with a standard for citing legal sources.
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Bill (law)
A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.
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Bill of Rights 1689
The Bill of Rights, also known as the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Collective title
A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together.
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Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3 (U.K.), R.S.C. 1985, App.
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Constitutional Reform Act 2005
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Courts of England and Wales
The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales.
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Disability Discrimination Act 1992
The Disability Discrimination Act is an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, education, publicly-available premises, provision of goods and services, accommodation, clubs and associations, and other contexts.
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Disability Discrimination Act 1995
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (informally, and hereafter, the DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies.
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Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (commonly referred to as Dodd–Frank) was signed into United States federal law by US President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010.
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Explosive Substances Act 1883
The Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Finance Act
Finance Act refers to the headline fiscal (budgetary) legislation enacted by the UK Parliament, containing multiple provisions as to taxes, duties, exemptions and reliefs at least once per year, and in particular setting out the principal tax rates for each fiscal year.
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Glanville Williams
Glanville Llewelyn Williams QC, FBA (15 February 1911 – 10 April 1997) was a Welsh legal scholar who was the Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1978 and the Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London from 1945 to 1955.
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Halsbury's Laws of Australia
Halsbury's Laws of Australia is similar to Halsbury's Laws of England, but is written for Australia.
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Halsbury's Laws of England
Halsbury's Laws of England is a uniquely comprehensive encyclopaedia of law, and provides the only complete narrative statement of law in England and Wales.
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Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
The Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-435, known commonly as the HSR Act) is a set of amendments to the antitrust laws of the United States, principally the Clayton Antitrust Act.
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History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
The history of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom formally covers the period from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 but is founded in the history of such legislation in England and Wales, and Scotland before 1707, and that of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800.
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House of Lords Act 1999
The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999.
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Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 (c42) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998, and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000.
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Incorporated Council of Law Reporting
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) is a registered charity based in London, England, that publishes law reports of English law.
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Interpretation Act 1978
The Interpretation Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Irish Statute Book
The Irish Statute Book, also known as the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB), is a database produced by the Office of the Attorney General of Ireland.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.
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Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch. 20) was a United States federal statute adopted on September 24, 1789, in the first session of the First United States Congress.
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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.
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Lanterman–Petris–Short Act
The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act (sec. 5000 et seq.) concerns the involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the State of California.
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Law Commission (England and Wales)
In England and Wales the Law Commission (Comisiwm y Gyfraith) is an independent body set up by Parliament by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reforms.
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Law Quarterly Review
The Law Quarterly Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering common law throughout the world.
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Learning the Law
Learning the Law is a book written by Glanville Williams, and edited by him and A T H Smith.
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Legal citation
Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources.
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Legislative session
A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections.
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LexisNexis
LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.
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List of enacting clauses
An enacting clause, or enacting formula, is a short phrase that introduces the main provisions of a law enacted by a legislature.
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List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used.
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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison,, was a U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, so that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and executive actions that contravene the U.S. Constitution.
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Master of the Rolls
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second-most senior judge in England and Wales after the Lord Chief Justice, and serves as President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and Head of Civil Justice.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.
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Oireachtas
The Oireachtas, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the legislature of Ireland.
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Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the national capital.
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Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800.
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Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the Home Rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.
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Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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Parliamentary counsel
Parliamentary counsel are lawyers who prepare legislation that it is proposed to pass into law.
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Pennsylvania General Assembly
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County is the most populous county in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of 2017, Philadelphia County was home to an estimated population of 1,580,863 residents. The county is the second smallest county in Pennsylvania by land area. Philadelphia County is one of the three original counties, along with Chester and Bucks counties, created by William Penn during November 1682. Since 1854, the county has been coterminous with the City of Philadelphia, which also serves as its seat of government. Philadelphia County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Combined Statistical Area, known as the Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. Philadelphia County is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valley, the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States, with a population of 7.2 million.
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Preamble
A preamble is an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy.
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President of Ireland
The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence Forces.
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Primary and secondary legislation
In parliamentary systems and presidential systems of government, primary legislation and secondary legislation, the latter also called delegated legislation or subordinate legislation, are two forms of law, created respectively by the legislative and executive branches of government.
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Recital (law)
In law, a recital (from recitare, "to read out") consists of an account or repetition of the details of some act, proceeding or fact.
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Regnal year
A regnal year is a year of the reign of a sovereign, from the Latin regnum meaning kingdom, rule.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Royal assent
Royal assent or sanction is the method by which a country's monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament.
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RTÉ.ie
RTÉ.ie is the brand name and home of RTÉ's online activities, located at the URL http://rte.ie.
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Rubric
A rubric is a word or section of text that is traditionally written or printed in red ink for emphasis.
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Scottish Law Commission
The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.
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Senior Courts Act 1981
The Senior Courts Act 1981 (c.54), originally named the Supreme Court Act 1981, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Short and long titles
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines.
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Short Titles Act
Short Titles Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Ireland and the United Kingdom which retroactively confers short titles on a large number of earlier pieces of legislation.
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Short Titles Act 1892
The Short Titles Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 10) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Short Titles Act 1896
The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Short Titles Act 1962
The Short Titles Act 1962 (No. 5) is an Act of the Oireachtas.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a city, state, or country.
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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978
The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964
The Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964 (c.80) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Statute Law Revision Act 1948
The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 62) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Statute Law Revision Act 2007
The Statute Law Revision Act 2007 is an Act of the Oireachtas of the Republic of Ireland which repealed a large amount of pre-1922 legislation of Ireland, England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom while preserving a shorter list of statutes.
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Statute Law Revision Act 2009
The Statute Law Revision Act 2009 is a Statute Law Revision Act enacted by the Oireachtas in Ireland to review Local and Personal Acts passed prior to 1850 and Private Acts passed prior to 1750.
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Statute Law Revision Act 2012
The Statute Law Revision Act 2012 (No 19) is a Statute Law Revision Act enacted by the Oireachtas in Ireland to review Local and Personal Acts passed from 1851 to 1922 and Private Acts passed from 1751 to 1922.
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Statutory instrument
In many countries, a statutory instrument is a form of delegated legislation.
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Statutory interpretation
Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation.
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Statutory law
Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of absolute monarchy).
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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English and Welsh law, Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law.
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The Digest
The Digest, formerly published as The English and Empire Digest, is a digest of case law.
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Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Act 2012Although the act was not signed into law until 2015, its short title has 2012, as specified by section 2(2) of the act itself.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher
William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher, PC, QC (13 August 1815 – 24 May 1899), known as Sir William Brett between 1868 and 1883, was a British lawyer, judge, and Conservative politician.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_and_long_titles