# Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (repealed), Section 4: Form of appeal to House of Lords.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Every appeal shall be brought by way of petition to the House of Lords, praying that the matter of the order or judgment appealed against may be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen in her Court of Parliament, in order that the said Court may determine what of right, and according to the law and custom of this realm, ought to be done in the subject-matter of such appeal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/59/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/appellate-jurisdiction-act-1876-repealed/section-4
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