| 单词 | black act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlack Act Black Act n. now historical a severe law of 1723 (9 Geo. I. c. 22) against poaching, trespassing, etc. (cf. sense B. 11c). ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > relating to game or poaching game law1705 Black Act1789 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 18 The Waltham blacks..committed such enormities, that government was forced to interfere with that severe and sanguinary act called the black act. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (at cited word) A virtual repeal of the punishment inflicted by the Black Act. 1933 Amer. Hist. Rev. 38 247 The Black Act..made it a felony with the death penalty for anyone while disguised to kill deer illegally. 1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam iii. 121 The notorious Black Act of 1723 created fifty new offences punishable by death, but in fact few people actually went to the gallows for breaking the game laws and poaching, say, a single fish. < as lemmas |
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