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act of the law.See ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

Act of  Supremacy.Hist. A statute that  named the English sovereign as supreme  head  of the Church of England (26 Hen. 8, ch. 1). • The Act was passed in 1534 during Henry VIII’s reign and confirmed in 1559 (1 Eliz., ch. 1) to counteract pro-Catholic legislation enacted during the reign of Mary Tudor. In addition…

act-of-state doctrine.Int’l law. The principle that no nation can judge the legality of a foreign country’s sovereign acts within its own territory. • As originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides that “the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another…

Act of Settlement.Hist. An act of Parliament (12 & 13 Will. 3, ch. 2 (1701)) that resolved the question of royal succession unsettled after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. • The question was resolved  by  limiting  the  Crown  to  Protestant  members  of  the  House  of  Hanover.  The  Act  also provided that the sovereign  must be…

act of sederunt (s<<schwa>>-deer-<<schwa>>nt).Scots law. A regulation issued by the Court of Session to regulate procedure in that court or in the lower civil courts. [Blacks Law 8th]

act of sale.An  official record of a sale of  property; esp., a document drawn  up by a  notary, signed by the parties, and attested by witnesses. [Cases: Sales    28. C.J.S. Sales §§ 68–73.] [Blacks Law 8th]

act of providence.1.ACT OF GOD. 2.VIS MAJOR. [Blacks Law 8th]

act  of  possession.  1.  The  exercise  of  physical  control  over  a  corporeal  thing,  movable  or immovable,  with the intent to own it. 2. Conduct indicating an intent to  claim  property as one’s own;  esp.,  conduct  that  supports  a  claim  of  adverse  possession.  [Cases:  Adverse  Possession 14–26. C.J.S. Adverse Possession §§ 30–47.] [Blacks Law 8th]

act  of  petition.Hist.  A  summary  proceeding  in  which  litigants  provide  brief  statements supported by affidavit. • This procedure was used in the English High Court of Admiralty. [Blacks Law 8th]

act of Parliament of Scotland. 1. A statute passed by the Parliament of Scotland between its creation in the 14th century and 1707. 2.ACT OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT . [Blacks Law 8th]