Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was a key UK statute that restructured the House of Lords’ role as the highest court of appeal by creating professional Law Lords to hear appeals.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
amended	appellate procedures of the House of Lords ⓘ
appliesTo	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil procedure ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ
classification	public general Act ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdOffice	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
effect	established Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ professionalised the judicial function of the House of Lords ⓘ strengthened the House of Lords as the final court of appeal ⓘ
governingBodyForImplementation	House of Lords ⓘ
historicalRole	principal statutory basis for the House of Lords as the highest court of appeal in the UK ⓘ
influenced	creation of a professional judiciary in the upper chamber ⓘ development of the UK appellate court structure ⓘ
inForceUntil	creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
introducedConcept	separation between legislative and judicial functions within the House of Lords (in practice) ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalStatus	partly repealed ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act for amending the Law relating to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords, and for other purposes ⓘ
namedAfter	its subject of appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
partlySupersededBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
providedFor	appointment of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ salaries of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ tenure of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
purpose	to create professional Law Lords to hear appeals ⓘ to restructure the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords ⓘ
receivedRoyalAssent	1876 ⓘ
regnalYearCitation	39 & 40 Vict. c. 59 ⓘ
relatedTo	House of Lords ⓘ Judicature Acts ⓘ Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiredQualification	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ surface form: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary to be persons who had held high judicial office
shortTitle	Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 self-link ⓘ
subjectMatter	House of Lords ⓘ appellate jurisdiction ⓘ judicial system ⓘ
timePeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
typeOfAppeals	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals (from certain jurisdictions) ⓘ
yearEnacted	1876 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → legalBasis → Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ⓘ

Judicial Committee Act 1833 → relatedTo → Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ⓘ

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → shortTitle → Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 self-link ⓘ