Trade-union act

The statute 34 & 35 Viet. c. 31, passed in 1871, for the purpose of giving legal recognition to trade unions, is town as the "trade-union act," or "trade-union funds protection act." It provides that the members of a trade union shall not be prosecuted for conspiracy merely by reason that the rules of such union are in restraint of trade ; and that the agreements of trade unions shall not on that account be void or voidable. Provisions are also made with reference to the registration and registered offices of trade unions, and other purposes connected therewith. Mozley & Whitley.

Defined under Trade Union in Black's Law Dictionary.