Special Roads Act 1949
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed for the construction of roads reserved for special classes of traffic, the forerunner of motorways.
Duties on Clocks and Watches Act 1797
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain imposing a tax on the ownership of clocks and watches.
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.
Barbed Wire Act 1893
Act of the UK Parliament to prohibit the use of barbed wire where it might pose a danger to those using the highway.
Papists Tax
Redirect to Taxation Act 1722.
Taxation Act 1722
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, imposing a tax on the estates of all Catholics to reimburse the government for the expenses of suppressing recent conspiracies.
Papists Act 1722
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain requiring all Catholics who refused to accept the monarch as the supreme head of the church in England to register themselves and their estates with the authorities.
Bookland
One of the three major types of land ownership in Anglo-Saxon England. Also an informal name given to the prefix of an ISBN.
Letters patent
Official letters or instructions issued by or on behalf of the Crown.
Marriage Act 1949
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate marriages in England and Wales.
