BLACK ACT

Definition: BLACK ACT

BLACK ACT

1. The English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: BLACK ACT

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Black Act 9 Geo. I. c. 22 is so called, because it was directed against the Waltham deer-stealers, who blackened their faces for disguise, and, under the name of Blacks, appeared in Epping Forest. This Act was repealed in 1827. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: BLACK ACT

English words defined with "BLACK ACT": Nigrification. (references)

Specialty definitions using "BLACK ACT": Castaneto, Communications Decency Act ♦ Land grant colleges of agriculture ♦ Waltham Blacks. (references)

Anagrams: BLACK ACT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-k-l-t"
	-3 letters: aback, alack, bacca, black, cabal, clack, tabla.
	-4 letters: acta, alba, baal, back, balk, blat, caca, calk, kata, lack, tack, taka, tala, talc, talk.
	-5 letters: aal, aba, act, ala, alb, alt, baa, bal, bat, cab, cat, kab, kat, lab, lac, lat, tab.
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