Black Acts
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down to the year 1586 or 1587. So called because printed in black letter. Bell, Diet.; Wharton.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Scotch statutes enacted in the sixteenth century and written in black letter.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down to the year 1586 or 1587, so called because printed in black letter. Bell
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Old Scotch statutes passed in the reigns of the Stuarts and down tothe year 1586 or 1587, so called because printed in black letter. Bell.