PALMER’S ACT

By SovConn | September 26, 2013

Palmer’s Act.An English statute, enacted in 1856, giving a person accused of a crime falling outside the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court the right to have the case tried in that court. St. 19 & 20 Vict., ch. 16. — Also termed Central Criminal Court Act. See CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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