Hogarth’s Act 1735
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to give copyright protections to the producers of engravings.
Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to give copyright protections to the producers of engravings.
Law passed during the reign of King Richard II to restrict the hunting of game to the wealthier members of society by forbidding the ownership of hunting dogs, ferrets etc. to anyone earning less than forty shillings a year.
Acts of Parliament passed by the Tory government of William Pitt the Younger in response to its fear of unrest or revolution among the working classes. They banned workers from combining to form trade unions and prevented them from striking, calling for shorter hours or increased pay.
The Locomotive Acts of 1861, 1865 and 1878 set the United Kingdom’s first speed limits for road-going vehicles; powered passenger vehicles were at the time known as light locomotives, as they were invariably powered by steam.
Act passed by the Rump Parliament in 1650 making fornication, adultery and incest secular offences.
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting all females and boys under ten years of age from working underground in coal mines.
Act of Parliament making it illegal for the first time in England and Wales for a man to engage in sexual intercourse with any female he knew to be his grand-daughter, daughter, sister, half-sister, or mother.
Law passed in 1401 during the reign of King Henry IV, allowing heretics to be burned alive.
Act of Parliament intended to deal with the public outcry resulting from the treatment of suffragettes who went on hunger strike while in prison.
Tax on bricks introduced in Great Britain in 1784 to help pay for the American War of Independence.