Administration of Justice (Language) Act (Ireland) 1737 (repealed)
11 Geo. 2 c. 6 · Extends to Northern Ireland
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Textual amendments
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Act repealed (26.2.2025) by Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45), ss. 4, 10(2); S.I. 2025/214, reg. 2(1)(a)
Contents
- IAll proceedings in courts of justice, patents, charters, pardons, commissions, &c. shall be in English. and in legible character, not in court-hand,and with usual abbreviations in English, and figures.Penalty £20 to prosecutor. Repealed
- IIBut names of writs, process or technical words, may be expressed as commonly used, so as not in court-hand. Prosecutions to be in three months. Repealed
- III, IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
- VCommissions and proceedings in admiralty may be certified in Latin. Repealed
- VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
- VII,VIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
IAll proceedings in courts of justice, patents, charters, pardons, commissions, &c. shall be in English. and in legible character, not in court-hand,and with usual abbreviations in English, and figures.Penalty £20 to prosecutor.F1
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IIBut names of writs, process or technical words, may be expressed as commonly used, so as not in court-hand. Prosecutions to be in three months.F1
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III, IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1
VCommissions and proceedings in admiralty may be certified in Latin.F1
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