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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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 8
Judicature Acts canonical 7
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 3

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 Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Judicature Act 1891

Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Judicature Act 1894

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 British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
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 (32)

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English law → hasKeyStatute → Judicature Acts ⓘ
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
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
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1877
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1879
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1881
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1884
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1890
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1891
Judicature Acts → hasPart → Judicature Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Act 1894
King’s Bench → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Court of Chancery → reformedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancery Amendment Act 1858
Court of Chancery → reformedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancery Regulation Act 1862
Court of Chancery → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
Court of Chancery → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Court of Chancery → abolishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
Judicial Committee Act 1833 → classification → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: judicature act
Senior Courts of England and Wales → establishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Court of Appeal in Chancery → establishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancery Amendment Act 1851
Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 → relatedTo → Judicature Acts ⓘ
Chancery Division of the High Court → establishedUnder → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Acts
Family Division of the High Court → createdBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
Court of Probate → establishedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Court of Probate Act 1857
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → relatedTo → Judicature Acts ⓘ
Chief Baron of the Exchequer → officeAbolishedAsPartOf → Judicature Acts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judicature Acts reforms
Court of Queen's Bench → dissolvedBy → Judicature Acts ⓘ
London Court of Bankruptcy → functionsTransferredUnder → Judicature Acts ⓘ