Judicature Acts

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judicial reform legislation series of Acts of Parliament

The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873	5
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875	2
Judicature Act 1877	1
Judicature Act 1879	1
Judicature Act 1881	1
Judicature Act 1884	1
Judicature Act 1890	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial reform legislation ⓘ series of Acts of Parliament ⓘ
aim	elimination of conflicts between law and equity ⓘ simplification of court structure ⓘ
appliesTo	common law courts ⓘ equity courts ⓘ
component	court of appeal ⓘ surface form: Court of Appeal High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
effect	abolished separate courts of common law and Chancery as independent tribunals ⓘ created Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ established a unified court system ⓘ merged common law and equity jurisdictions ⓘ provided that law and equity be administered concurrently ⓘ reorganized English superior courts ⓘ
field	English constitutional law ⓘ civil procedure ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ
hasPart	Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicature Act 1877 Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicature Act 1879 Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicature Act 1881 Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicature Act 1884 Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judicature Act 1890 Judicature Act 1891 NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicature Act 1894 NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Judicature Act ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 Supreme Court of Judicature Act ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
influenced	court system of other common law jurisdictions ⓘ fusion of law and equity in common law countries ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force as amended ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
mainSubject	fusion of law and equity courts ⓘ reform of the English court system ⓘ
replaced	Admiralty courts ⓘ surface form: Admiralty Court Court of Chancery ⓘ Court of Common Pleas ⓘ Court of Common Pleas ⓘ surface form: Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster Court of Exchequer ⓘ Court of Pleas at Durham ⓘ Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ Family Division of the High Court ⓘ surface form: Divorce Court London Court of Bankruptcy ⓘ Court of Probate ⓘ surface form: Probate Court
significantEvent	coming into force of Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
startTime	1873 ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Court of Common Pleas → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

Court of Exchequer → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

Court of Exchequer → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875

Court of King’s Bench → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

Court of King’s Bench → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → createdBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → establishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

English law → hasKeyStatute → Judicature Acts ⓘ