Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

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The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c.59) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 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 The provisions of the act will be eventually superseded when the Law Lords are removed from Parliament under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

[edit] See also

• Judicature Act
• List of Law Life Peerages

[edit] External links

• Official text of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

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