The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

to 1890. The Lunacy Act's most important provision was a change in the status of mentally ill people to patients. Prior to the Lunacy Act, lunacy legislation...

Act repealed the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts 1890 to 1930 and the Mental Deficiency Acts 1913 to 1938. One of the changes introduced by the Act was...

Treatment Act 1930 and the National Health Service Act 1946. The Lunacy Act 1890 was repealed following World War II by the Mental Health Act 1959. This Act abolished...

(34 & 35 Vict. c. 55) The Lunacy Districts (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 39) The Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890 was the collective title of...

The Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 71) formed mental health law in Scotland from 1857 until 1913. Prior to the Lunacy (Scotland) Act, lunacy...

school, with accommodation for 1,000 adults, was opened in 1880. The Lunacy Act 1890 placed an obligation on local authorities to maintain institutions...

of the Master in Lunacy, which was renamed the Court of Protection in 1947. Its jurisdiction derived from both the Lunacy Act 1890 and De Prerogativa...

which met from 11 February 1890 until 18 August 1890. Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 10) Electric Lighting Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c....

the Madhouses Act 1774 originated what later became Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Madhouses Act 1828. The Lunacy Acts 1890–1922 referred...

The Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 formed the basis of mental health law in Ireland from 1821 until 2015. Prior to the Lunacy (Ireland) Act, there had been...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide...

the act required the council council to appoint a mental hospitals committee for the purposes of the Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Treatment Acts 1890 to...

(1890). A Directory of justices in England and Wales, appointed under the Lunacy Act, 1890, to make orders for the reception of private patients. 1890-91...

would hold the lands) the actual lunacy or idiocy was determined by a jury, not by an individual judge. Under the Lunacy Act 1845 the lord chancellor had...

after the person. The act applied to England and Wales. An equivalent piece of legislation the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy Act (Scotland) 1913 covered...

(Scotland) Act 1867 Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Act 1874 Poor Rate Assessment and Collection Act 1869 Places of Worship Sites Act 1873 Public Health Act 1875...

Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 82) Maynooth College Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 21 (I)) Maynooth College Act 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c. 85 (I)) Maynooth Academy Act 1808...

"Chronological and alphabetical bibliographies of lunacy". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2010. "Idiots Act, 1886". Journal of Mental Science. 33 (141):...

The legislation under which he was incarcerated was replaced by the Lunacy Act 1890. Fludyer baronets Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884...

(Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 27) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 11 June 1838. It was one of the Lunacy (Ireland)...

County Asylums Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 96) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1808 to 1845. Notably, the Asylums Act established public...

Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amended the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It...

session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in...

Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18) Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 52) Police Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 45) Thames Valley Drainage Act 1871...

Dodsley, 1778. Second edition. Roberts, Andrew. The Lunacy Commission Section 2: The 1774 Madhouses Act: 14 George 2, chapter 26. A summary and analysis...

was a psychiatrist, and the chairman of the New York State Commission in Lunacy from 1880 to 1896. He was involved in the design of the first electric chair...

"Poor Man's Earl", he campaigned for better working conditions, reform to lunacy laws, education and the limitation of child labour. He was also an early...

The Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 16) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided a mechanism for a Member...

historically it was representative of the worst excesses of asylums in the era of lunacy reform. The hospital was founded in 1247 as the Priory of the New Order...