Legal Definition and Related Resources of Act of union

The statute of 5 Anne, c. 8, by which the articles of union between the two kingdoms of England and Scotland were ratified and confirmed. 1 Bl. Comm. 97.

What does Act of Union mean in American Law?

The definition of Act of Union in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Usually refers to the 1706 and 1707 English statutes confirming the Articles of Union between England and Scotland, an agreement whereby the two kingdoms were united into one under the name of Great Britain. (The Act did not, however, wholly integrate the law or legal system of Scotland into that of England.)

Act of Union may also refer to a statute of 1536 by which Wales was for the first time incorporated into England and made subject to English law.

And Act of Union may refer to the Union with Ireland Act of 1800, by which Ireland, up to then a distinct Kingdom, was coalesced with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom. See Ireland for the subsequent (mostly awful) developments.

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This definition of Act Of Union Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.

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