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Palmer Act

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A name given to the English statute 19 & 20 Vict. c. 16, enabling a person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the central criminal court to be tried in that court.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A name given to the English statute 19 & 20 Viet. c. 16, enabling a person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the contrai criminal court, to be tried in that court.