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  "legislation_title": "Burgh Trading Act 1846",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act for the Abolition of the exclusive Privilege of trading in Burghs in Scotland.\n[14th May 1846]",
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      "text": "Preamble, which recites exclusive privileges and rights possessed by guilds, crafts and incorporations in burghs, omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)"
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