Black Act
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In English law
The statute of 9 Geo. I. c.
22; so called from the circumstance of its passage having been occasioned by some devastations committed near Waltham, in Hampshire, by persons in disguise, or with their faces blacked.
4 Bl. Com. 245. Repealed by statute 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 27. 4 Steph. Com. 174, note (a).
BLACK BOOK OF THE ADMIRALTY.
In English law
An ancient repository of admiralty law, containing besides the laws of Oleron at large, a view of the crimes and offences cognizable in the admiralty; and also occasional ordinances and commentaries on matters of prize and maritime torts, injuries and contracts. It is generally agreed to have been originally compiled in the reign of Edward III., though it contains considerable additions of later periods. It has always been deemed of the highest authority in matters concerning the admiralty.
Story, J., 2 Gallison's R. 404. Id. 1 Sumner's R. 565. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 104.
BLACK BOOK OF THE EXCHEQUER. [L. Lat. Liber niger scaccarii.] In English law. An ancient book in the Exchequer, containing a miscellaneous collection of charters, treaties, conventions, the number of hides of land in several counties, escuages, and the like. It is commonly attributed to Gervase of Tilbury.
1 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 220, note.
The Red book of the Exchequer (q. v.) is a record of similar character. Id. ibid.