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black act

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables
black- act
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1723 in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers, known as the Blacks. It greatly strengthened the criminal code and specified over 200 capital crimes.

British usage

name

Act XI., 1836, of the Indian Legislature, which placed European subjects on a level with natives as to their subjection in civil causes to the British East India Company's courts, including those under native judges.

Indian usage; Derogatory

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Black Act (canonical)

Questions

What does black act mean?
An act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1723 in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers, known as the Blacks. It greatly strengthened the criminal code and specified over 200 capital crimes.

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