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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1845/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/113",
  "legislation_title": "Evidence Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1845",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Courts, &c. to take judicial notice of signature of equity or common law judges, &c.",
  "text": "All courts, judges, justices, masters in chancery, masters of courts, commissioners judicially acting, and other judicial officers, shall henceforth take judicial notice of the signature of any of the equity or common law judges of the superior courts at the Royal Courts of Justice, provided such signature be attached or appended to any decree, order, certificate, or other judicial or offical document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 224(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/113/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:33:08.685939+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}