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.