Black Act
English
editProper noun
edit- (UK, historical) An act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1723 in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers, known as the Blacks. It greatly strengthened the criminal code and specified over 200 capital crimes.
- (India, historical, derogatory) Act XI., 1836, of the Indian Legislature, which placed European subjects on a level with natives as to their subjection in civil causes to the British East India Company's courts, including those under native judges.
References
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Black Act”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].