Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1838

The Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on July 29, 1838. It established that bills of indictment laid before grand juries should be endorsed with the names of the witnesses, and empowered the juries to administer oaths or affirmations to the witnesses, which were to be taken under the normal penalties of perjury for falsehood.

References

The British almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1839. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London, 1839.

United Kingdom legislation

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Church of England measures	List Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919

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