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Judicature Act

Stock short title used for UK legislation

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ6302834 ↗
Source-derived summary

Judicature Act is a term which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation which related to the Supreme Court of Judicature.

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United Kingdom

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66)

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 77)

The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 59)

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 9)

The Supreme Court of Judicature (Officers) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Judicature Act” is stock short title used for UK legislation. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Judicature, Stock and short, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1873, 1875, 1876, 1877—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Judicature, Stock and short is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “stock short title used for UK legislation” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6302834. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1873, 1875, 1876 and 1877.

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This entry incorporates text from “Judicature Act” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.