Free Mash-Tun Act 1880
Redirected to Inland Revenue Act 1880.
Bubble Act 1720
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to prohibit the formation of new joint-stock companies unless approved by royal charter.
Murder Act 1752
Act of parliament of England and Wales to increase the horror of being executed for murder by expediting the process and denying the right to a decent burial.
Militia Ordinance
Act of Parliament passed in 1642 allowing parliament to appoint military commanders without the king’s approval.
Socage
Form of tenure under English feudal property law.
Unitary authority
Local government administrative unit in England and Wales.
Sponging house
A sponging house was a place of temporary confinement for those arrested for non-payment of a debt.
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.
Liber Poenitentialis
Set of 7th-century ecclesiastical laws applied to women – and only women – perfoming acts such as divination, raising storms, or murder by the use of magic.
Hogarth’s Act 1735
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to give copyright protections to the producers of engravings.