Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 39 & 40 Vict c. 59) that created the judicial functions of the House of Lords in its modern form. The provisions of the act will be eventually superseded when the Law Lords are removed from Parliament under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

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*List of Law Life Peerages

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