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Parish Councils Act Parish Councils Act
Parish Councils Act, 1894 (more properly the Local Government Act). The Act completed the great reform of local government in the 19th cent. Towns had been given elected councils by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 and County Councils had been established in 1888. There had been considerable... Read more
Conventicles Act Conventicles Act
Conventicles Act, 1664. This Act (16 Car. II c. 4) was one of the fiercest provisions of the Clarendon code, which aimed at restoring Anglican supremacy after the Restoration. It forbade attendance at any meeting of more than five persons for religious purposes other than Church of England... Read more
Data Protection Act Data Protection Act
Data Protection Act (1998) In the UK the principles of data protection, the responsibilities of data controllers, and the rights of data subjects are now governed by the Data Protection Act (1998), which came into force on 1 March 2000. As compared to the Data Protection Act (1984), the 1998 Act... Read more
Twenty-Second Amendment Twenty-Second Amendment
TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT The Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some... Read more
Clayton Antitrust Act Clayton Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act 1914, passed by the U.S. Congress as an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. It was drafted by Henry De Lamar Clayton. The act prohibited exclusive sales contracts, local price cutting to freeze out competitors, rebates, interlocking... Read more
Judiciary Acts Judiciary Acts
Judiciary Act of 1789 The framers of the Constitution provided that the new national government would be divided into three branches. The third was to be a court system, an institution that did not exist in the previous national government under the Articles of Confederation. However, the... Read more
Alien and Sedition Acts Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary government on the seas and in the councils of diplomacy (see XYZ Affair ), but actually designed to destroy Thomas Jefferson's... Read more
Clarendon Code Clarendon Code
Clarendon Code 1661-65, group of English statutes passed after the Restoration of Charles II to strengthen the position of the Church of England. The Corporation Act (1661) required all officers of incorporated municipalities to take communion according to the rites of the Church of England and to... Read more
Federal Trade Commission Act Federal Trade Commission Act
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) Herbert Hovenkamp The Federal Trade Commission Act (38 Stat. 717) was originally passed in 1914 with President Woodrow Wilson's enthusiastic support. In its current form, the act states that "unfair methods of competition ... and unfair or deceptive... Read more

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