WOODS (COMMISSIONERS OF, or of WOODS AND FORESTS) means the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for the time being. Int. Act, 1889 (c. 63), s. 12 (12).

WORKS (COMMISSIONERS OF), in all Acts, means "the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings for the time being." Int. Act, 1889 (c. 63), s. 12 (13).

WORSHIP.-See Usual place of worship.

WOUND.-See Stab, cut, or wound.

WRECK.-In Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (c. 104), s. 187, includes "jetsam, flotsam, lagan, and derelict, found in or on the shores of the sea or of any tidal water."

WRIT, in the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (c. 55), s. 38, "includes any process unless the context otherwise requires.

WRITING.-Vide ante, pp. 177, 178.

....

YEAR. By the Style Act (24 Geo. 2, c. 23), s. 1, it is enacted "that the first day of January . shall be reckoned, taken, deemed, and accounted to be the first day of the year . . . . and that each new year shall commence and begin to be reckoned from the first day of every month of January . By s. 2 it is enacted what years are to be leap years. By 40 Hen. 3 (21 Hen. 3, Ruffh.) it was enacted "that in leap year the intercalary day with the day preceding it shall be accounted as one day," but this enactment has been repealed by 42 & 43 Vict. c. 59. R. v. Worminghall (1817), 6 M. & S. 351.

APPENDIX B.

POPULAR OR SHORT TITLES OF STATUTES.

THIS appendix contains popular titles of Acts and statutory short titles given to single Acts or to sets of Acts by some other Act. It does not contain a short title given to any Act by one of its own sections.

Where the Act referred to is prior to the present reign and is still in force, a reference is added to the Revised Statutes (second edition), in which are noted the main differences in the numbering of the chapters from that used in Ruffhead's edition.

Statutes of the present reign subsequent to 1861 usually have statutory short titles given them by one of the earlier or later sections. When such title exists, it is usually denoted in the first column of the Chronological Table of Statutes prefixed to the Digest of 1889.

The Short Titles Act, 1892 (Royal Assent, 20 May 1892), gives statutory short titles to many of the Acts included in this appendix, and in some cases adopts the popular titles herein given. Acts marked with a * are repealed. Short titles marked † are included in the Short Titles Act, 1892.

By the Interpretation Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63), s. 35 (1), it is provided that in any Act, instrument, or document an Act may, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, be cited (a) by reference to the (statutory) short title, if any, of the Act, either with or without a reference to the chapter; or (b) by reference to the regnal year in which the Act was passed; and (c), where there are more sessions than one in the same regnal year, by reference to the statute or the session, as the case may require, and where there are more chapters than one, by reference to the chapter; and any enactment may be cited by reference to the section or sub-section of the Act in which the enactment is contained.

+Accessories Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 94). Additions, Statute of (1 Hen. 5, c. 5).

520, and 46 & 47 Vict. c. 59, s. 7.

See 2 Reeves, Hist. Eng. Law,

Admiralty Offences (Colonial Act), 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 96); and

+Alehouse Act, 1828 (9 Geo. 4, c. 61).

Alien Acts (33 Geo. 3, c. 4; 45 Geo. 3, c. 155; 55 Geo. 3, c. 54). See 6 Law Quarterly Review, p. 37.

Act (6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 11) Loc. cit. p. 39.

(11 & 12 Vict. c. 20); expired, but revived for a time by 45 & 46 Vict. c. 25, s. 15.

Allotments Acts, 1887 and 1890 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 48, and 53 & 54

Vict. c. 65); by s. 1 of latter Act.

Anatomy Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 75); by 34 Vict. c. 16, s. 1. +Apportionment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 22).

Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58); by 53 Vict. c. 4, s. 4.

+Arsenic Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 13).

+Art Unions Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 48).

Articuli Cleri, 1315 (9 Edw. 2, stat. 1); 1 Rev. Statt. 65.
Superchartas, 1300 (28 Edw. 1); 1 Rev. Statt. 57.

Ashbourne's (Lord) Act (44 & 45 Vict. c. 49).

*Assize, Statute of (21 Edw. 1).

+Australian Courts Act, 1828 (9 Geo. 4, c. 83).

Baines' Act (12 & 13 Vict. c. 45).

Bankruptcy Acts, 1883 and 1890 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 52; 53 & 54 Vict.

c. 71); by s. 1 of latter Act.

Bankrupts, Statute of (34 & 35 Hen. 8, c. 4).

*Barnard's (Sir John) Act (7 Geo. 2, c. 8).

Bass' Act (27 & 28 Vict. c. 55).

+Bastardy Act, 1845 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 108).

†Beerhouse Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 64).

Betting Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 119); by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 15, s. 1.

House Act (17 & 18 Vict. c. 38).

+Bigamy, Statute of (4 Edw. 1, stat. 3).

+Bills of Lading Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 111).

+Black Act (9 Geo. 1, c. 22). See 1 Lecky, Hist. Eng. p. 488.

Acts (Sc.). The editions of the Scottish Acts published between 1566 and 1597. Vide 1 Statt. Realm, p. xliv.

Blandford's (Lord) Act (21 & 22 Vict. c. 24). See Hughes v. Lloyd, 1889,

22 Q. B. D. 159.

Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 22, and 53 & 54 Vict. c. 35); by s. 1 of latter Act. Bourne's (Sturges) Act (59 Geo. 3, c. 12). *Bovill's Act (25 & 26 Vict. c. 86).

+Bread Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 37).

British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 63); by 53 & 54 Vict. c. 37, s. 19 (2).

1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 64); by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 33, s. 2.

Cairns' (Lord) Act (21 & 22 Vict. c. 27).

Calendar Act, 1751 (25 Geo. 2, c. 30).

Campbell's (Lord) Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96: Libel); by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 92.

Carlisle, Statute of (15 Edw. 2).

Carriers' Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 68).

Catallis Felonum, Statutum de (temp. incert.); 1 Rev. Statt. 84.

Catholic Emancipation Act (10 Geo. 4, c. 7).

Central Criminal Court Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4, c. 36); by 44 & 45

+

+

Vict. c. 68).

1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 77).

1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 16).

+Champerty, Statute of (33 Edw. 1, stat. 1).

Chancery of Lancaster Acts, 1850 to 1890 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 43; 17 & 18 Vict. c. 82; 53 & 54 Vict. c. 23).

Charitable Uses, Statute of (21 Jas. 1, c. 1).

Charta de Forestâ (25 Edw. 1).

+Church Discipline Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 86).

Circumspecte Agatis, 1285 (13 Edw. 1); 1 Rev. Statt. 37.

Clarendon, Constitutions of, 1164 (10 Hen. 2).

Law, p. 126.

+Coinage Offences Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 99).

See 1 Reeves, Eng.

Companies Acts, 1862 to 1890; by 53 & 54 Vict. c. 63, s. 35 (2).
Confirmatio Chartorum, 1297 (25 Edw. 1); 1 Rev. Statt. 53.
Conspiratoribus, Ordinatio de (33 Edw. 1, stat. 1).

Consular Marriage Act, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 68); by 53 & 54 Vict. c. 45, s. 1 (2).

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 to 1890; short title given by

53 & 54 Vict. c. 14, s. 8 (2).

+Contempt of Court Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 58).

Copyhold Act, 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 35); by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 51, s. 54. Copyright Acts.-Short titles are given to all the prior Copyright Acts by 49 & 50 Vict. c. 33.

County and Borough Police Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 69);

Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50); by 33 & 34 Vict. c. 77, s. 3.
Police Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 96).

+

Property Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 92); by 34 Vict. c. 14, s. 3.

Acts, 1858, 1871 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 92, and 34 Vict.

c. 14); by s. 3 of latter Act.

Rates Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 81).

*Coventry's (Sir John) Act (22 & 23 Chas. 2, c. 1).

Cozens Hardy's Act (54 & 55 Vict. c. 73).

Cranworth's (Lord) Act (23 & 24 Vict. c. 145).

Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 55); by

+

37 & 38 Vict. c. 7, s. 1.

Law Act, 1826 (7 Geo. 4, c. 64).

Procedure Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 100).

Cross' Act (38 & 39 Vict. c. 36).

+Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78).

+

Lands Act, 1829 (10 Geo. 4, c. 50); by 48 & 49 Vict. c. 79,

s. 1.

Suits Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 90).

+Defence Act, 1859 (22 Vict. c. 12).

+Disorderly Houses Act, 1751 (25 Geo. 2, c. 36).

+Distribution, Statute of, 1670 (22 & 23 Chas. 2, c. 10); 1 Rev. Statt. 657.

+Dockyards, &c., Protection Act, 1772 (12 Geo. 3, c. 24). Vide 2 Steph. Cr. Law, p. 293.

+Domicile Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 121).

Donis Conditionalibus, de (3 Edw. 1, stat. West. 2nd, c. 1); 1 Rev. Statt. 18.

+Dower Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 105).