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The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an adr microformat that makes postal addresses or their component parts (regions, postal codes, country names, etc) readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases.
An act to extend the Provisions of an Act, made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An act for repealing so much of an Act, made in the twenty-third Year of his late Majesty King George the Second, as relates to the preventing the stealing or destroying of Turnips, and for the more effectually preventing the ...
An act to repeal an act made in the last session of parliament, intituled, "An act to prevent, until the sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and one, and from thence to the end of six weeks from the commencement of the then next session of parliament, the manufacturing of any fine flour from wheat or other grain, and the making of ...
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Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland. For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland .
For acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801, see List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the Parliaments abolished in 1707 and 1801 by the Acts of Union 1707 and Acts of Union 1800, see: List of acts of the Parliament of England (1225–1707) List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland (1424-1707)
Each particular act formed a section, or a chapter, of the complete statute, so that, e.g. the Vagabonds Act 1383 became 7 Ric. 2. c. 5. Enrolment of public acts on manuscript parchment "Parliament Rolls" continued until 1850. [35] The longest Act of Parliament in the form of a scroll is an act regarding taxation passed in 1821.
The word parliament comes from the French parlement first used in the late 11th century, meaning ' parley ' or ' conversation '. [17] In the mid-1230s, it became a common name for meetings of the great council. [18] The word was first used with this meaning in 1236. [19] In the 13th century, parliaments were developing throughout north-western ...