Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851

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The Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851 was a 19th-century UK statute that reformed the equity court system by creating a dedicated appellate court for decisions from the Court of Chancery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century legislation
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom statute
appliesTo Court of Chancery NERFINISHED
equity appeals
country United Kingdom
effect altered the structure of appeals in equity cases
established a separate court of appeal in Chancery
removed some appellate business from the Lord Chancellor sitting alone
enactedIn 19th century
followedBy later 19th-century judicature reforms
historicalSignificance contributed to modernization of the English equity court system
jurisdiction England and Wales
languageOfDocument English
legalArea civil procedure
court organization
legalSystem English law
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
precededBy earlier incremental reforms of the Court of Chancery
purpose to create a dedicated appellate court for decisions from the Court of Chancery
to reform the equity court system
relatedTo Court of Appeal in Chancery NERFINISHED
Court of Chancery NERFINISHED
equity jurisdiction
reform of the English court system
subjectMatter appellate procedure
equity
judicial reform
timePeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
typeOfReform institutional reform of appellate courts

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Court of Appeal in Chancery establishedBy Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851