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    The Judgment of Death Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (although it did not apply to Scotland). Passed at...
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  • become routine at the time for most common crimes. Under the Judgment of Death Act 1823, a "death recorded" sentence allowed the judge to meet common law sentencing...
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    get approval by Parliament. Approved are the Judgment of Death Act 1823, effectively abolishing the death penalty for over 100 offences and ; allowing...
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  • This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1823. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held...
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    the 1772 act was included in the Judgment of Death Act 1823 among those for which the judge could record a death sentence while substituting a lesser one...
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  • Bloody Code (category Legal history of England)
    eighteenth century. By 1823, the Judgment of Death Act made the death penalty discretionary for most crimes, and by 1861, the number of capital offences had...
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    was mandatory, whereas the death sentence for treachery could be commuted by the court under the Judgement of Death Act 1823. No sentences were commuted...
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    trade in the British Empire with the Slave Trade Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36). Between 1807 and 1823, abolitionists showed little interest in abolishing...
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    The Statute Law Revision Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed various United Kingdom statutes...
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    Elections (Ireland) Act 1803 (43 Geo.. 3. c. 25) Merchant Seamen, etc. Act 1823 (4 Geo.. 4. c. 25) Countervening Duties of Excise Act 1823 (4 Geo.. 4. c. 30)...
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    the belief that the soul is "sleeping" after death until the Resurrection of the Dead and the Last Judgment, a time known as the intermediate state. "Soul...
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  • Thumbnail for Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
    The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent...
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  • Mutiny Acts (redirect from Mutiny Act 1823)
    50. Civil Judgments - No 111 (1887) 22 The Punjab Record 258 at 265 (December 1887). "Mutiny Act": Paterson (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session...
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    large number of deaths occasioned by the hardships of the journey. The U.S. Congress approved the Act by a narrow majority in the House of Representatives...
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  • Thumbnail for London, Quo Warranto Judgment Reversed Act 1689
    Quo Warranto Judgment Reversed Act 1689 is an Act of the Parliament of England (2 Will. & Mar. c. 8), the long title of which is "An Act for Reversing...
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    Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (category 1873 deaths)
    mathematics, and he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1818 and was elected a fellow of his college. In 1823, Bethell was called to the bar at the Middle...
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    immediately after death, are judged by God. This judgment following man's death we call the Particular Judgment. The final reward of men, however, we believe...
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    Francisco Valdivieso y Prada (category 1828 deaths)
    his lifetime, he obtained a high reputation for his high knowledge and judgment. He traveled to Spain in 1807 and returned to Peru in 1811, resuming his...
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    Anti-Sacrilege Act (1825–1830) was a French law against blasphemy and sacrilege passed in April 1825 under King Charles X. The death penalty provision of the law...
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    Legality of euthanasia State-assisted suicide Suicide prevention Also called the Felo de se Act 1823, the Interments (felo de se) Act 1823, the Burials...
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  • limbs, in judgment old, Your answer had not been inscrolled Fare you well. Your suit is cold— — William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7...
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    Charles Edward Pollock (category 1823 births)
    Charles Edward Pollock (31 October 1823 – 21 November 1897) was an English judge, one of the last Barons of the Court of the Exchequer and serjeants-at-law...
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  • some put to death without judgment of their peers: It is accorded and assented, that no peer of the land ... shall be brought in judgment to lose his...
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    The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush...
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  • Thumbnail for Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879
    The Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for the United Kingdom...
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    claims between private parties, especially as to enforcement of judgments. Before the act, the Crown could not be sued in contract. However, it was seen...
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    Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803-1848). Midshipman Philip Spencer (1823-1842) was accused of plotting to overthrow Mackenzie and use the Somers for piracy...
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    Judgement of Death Act 1823 gave judges the official power to commute the death penalty except for treason and murder. The Punishment of Death, etc. Act 1832...
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    (1821) Cain (1821) The Vision of Judgment (1821) Heaven and Earth (1821) Werner (1822) The Age of Bronze (1823) The Island (1823) (text on Wikisource) The...
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  • Thumbnail for 1857 New York City mayoral election
    York Court of Appeals ordered the Municipals to desist in a majority opinion written by Chief Justice Hiram Denio. Wood accepted the judgment and took his...
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