The 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning was the arsenic poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England, when sweets accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall in the town.
Act of Six Articles 1539
Act of Parliament introduced to curb excessive Protestant reform and to impose religious conformity.
Act of Supremacy 1534
Act of Parliament acknowledging King Henry VIII as the supreme leader of the Church of England.
Act of Uniformity 1558
One of the Acts of Parliament collectively known as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It introduced a Common Book of Prayer, and obliged everyone to attend their parish church every Sunday and on holy days. Those who refused were known as recusants.
Anatomy Act 1832
Act of Parliament intended to increase the number or corpses available for dissection by medical students.
Arsenic Act 1851
The Arsenic Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict c. 13) was passed by the United Kingdom Parliament in 1851, during the reign of Queen Victoria in response increasing public concern over accidental and deliberate arsenic poisonings.
Barratry
English common law crime of excessive litigation, particularly for the purposes of profit or harassment.
Beerhouse
Type of public house created in the United Kingdom by the 1830 Beerhouse Act, legally defined as a place “where beer is sold to be consumed on the premises”.
Benefit of clergy
Legally enshrined right of any clergyman facing prosecution for a felony in a royal court to have the case heard instead in an ecclesiastical court.
Benefit of Clergy Act 1575
Act of Parliament that removed the right of those charged with rape or burglary to claim benefit of clergy, and so to be tried in an ecclesiastical court.