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Uganda Railway Act189659 & 60 Vict.38An act to make provision for the Construction of a Railway in Africa, from Mombasa to the Victoria Nyanza, through the Protectorates of Zanzibar, British East Africa, and Uganda.View statute
Uganda Railway Act190063 & 64 Vict.11An act to provide further Money for the Uganda Railway.View statute
Ulster Canal Act186528 & 29 Vict.109An act for transferring the Canal to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.View statute
Unclaimed Prize Money, etc. Act181252 Geo. 3132An act for explaining, amending and extending the several Laws relative to the Payment of forfeited and unclaimed Shares of Army Prize Money, to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea; and for directing the mode of making up the Accounts of Pensions paid to the Widows of Officers of the Army.View statute
Under Secretaries of State Indemnity Act186427 & 28 Vict.21An act to indemnify certain Persons from any penal Consequences which they may have incurred by sitting and voting as Members of the House of Commons while holding the Office of Under Secretary of State.View statute
Unfunded Debt Act180141 Geo. 34An act to enable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to issue Exchequer Bills, on the Credit of such Aids or Supplies as have been or shall be granted by Parliament, for the Service of the Year one thousand eight hundred and one.View statute
Uniforms Act189457 & 58 Vict.45An act to regulate and restrict the wearing of Naval and Military Uniforms.View statute
Union and Parish Property Act18355 & 6 Will. 469An act to facilitate the Conveyance of Workhouses and other Property of Parishes and of Incorporations or Unions of Parishes in England and Wales.View statute
Union and Parish Property Act 183718377 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.50An act to facilitate the Conveyance of Lands and Buildings for the Purposes of Two Acts passed respectively in the Fifth and Sixth Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth.View statute
Union Assessment Act188043 & 44 Vict.7An act to extend the Union Assessment Committee Acts to single parishes under separate Boards of Guardians.View statute
Union Assessment Committee Act186225 & 26 Vict.103An act to amend the Law relating to Parochial Assessments in England.View statute
Union Assessment Committee Amendment Act186427 & 28 Vict.39An act to amend the Union Assessment Committee Act (1862).View statute
Union Chargeability Act186528 & 29 Vict.79An act to provide for the better Distribution of the Charge for the Relief of the Poor in Unions.View statute
Union Loans Act186932 & 33 Vict.45An act to amend the Law relating to the Repayment of Loans to Poor Law Unions.View statute
Union of Benefices Act186023 & 24 Vict.142An act to make better Provision for the Union of contiguous Benefices in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs.View statute
Union of Benefices Act189861 & 62 Vict.23An act to amend the Union of Benefices Act, 1860.View statute
Union of Benefices Acts Amendment Act187134 & 35 Vict.90An act to amend the Law relating to the Union of Benefices.View statute
Union of Benefices, etc. Act185518 & 19 Vict.127An act to make better Provision for the Union of contiguous Benefices, and to facilitate the building and endowing of new Churches in spiritually destitute Districts.View statute
Union of Parishes (Ireland) Act18277 & 8 Geo. 443An act to consolidate and amend the Laws in force in Ireland for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, and for uniting or disappropriating Appropriate Parishes or Parts of Parishes; and to make further Provision with respect to the erecting Chapels of Ease, and making perpetual Cures.View statute
Union of Parishes, etc. (Ireland) Act 183218322 & 3 Will. 467An act to amend an Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, relating to the Union of Parishes in Ireland.View statute
Union of Turnpike Trusts Act184912 & 13 Vict.46An act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts.View statute
Union Officers (Ireland) Act187235 & 36 Vict.89An act to amend the Act providing Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions in Ireland.View statute
Union Officers (Ireland) Act188548 & 49 Vict.80An act for enabling Allowances to be made to the Officers of Poor law Unions in Ireland, on abolition of Office.View statute
Union Officers Superannuation (Ireland) Act186528 & 29 Vict.26An act to provide for Superannuation Allowances to Officers of Unions in Ireland.View statute
Union Relief Aid Act186225 & 26 Vict.110An act to enable Boards of Guardians of certain Unions to obtain temporary Aid to meet the extraordinary Demands for Relief therein.View statute
Union Relief Aid Act186326 & 27 Vict.91An act to extend for a further Period the Provisions of the Union Relief Aid Acts.View statute
Union Relief Aid Continuance Act186326 & 27 Vict.4An act to extend for a further Period the Provisions of the Union Relief Aid Act of the last Session.View statute
Union Relief Aid Continuance Act186427 & 28 Vict.10An act to continue for a further Period certain Provisions of the Union Relief Aid Acts.View statute
United Parishes (Scotland) Act186831 & 32 Vict.30An act to amend the Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Victoria, Chapter Forty-four, relating to the Formation of quoad sacra Parishes in Scotland, and to repeal the Act the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of the Reign of Victoria, Chapter Seventy-seven.View statute
United Parishes (Scotland) Act187639 & 40 Vict.11An act to amend the Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty-four, relating to the Formation of quoad sacra Parishes in Scotland.View statute
Universities (Scotland) Act185316 & 17 Vict.89An act to regulate the Admission of Professors to the Lay Chairs in the Universities of Scotland.View statute
Universities (Scotland) Act185821 & 22 Vict.83An act to make Provision for the better Government and Discipline of the Universities of Scotland, and improving and regulating the Course of Study therein; and for the Union of the Two Universities and Colleges of Aberdeen.View statute
Universities (Scotland) Act186225 & 26 Vict.28An act to alter and amend the Universities (Scotland) Act in so far as relates to the Bequest of the late Doctor Alexander Murray in the University of Aberdeen.View statute
Universities (Scotland) Act188952 & 53 Vict.55An act for the better Administration and Endowment of the Universities of Scotland.View statute
Universities (Scotland) Act 1859185922 & 23 Vict.24An act to remove Doubts as to Admission to the Office of Principal in the Universities of Scotland.View statute
Universities Act18256 Geo. 497An act for the better Preservation of the Peace and good Order in the Universities of England.View statute
Universities and College Estates Act185821 & 22 Vict.44An act to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and the Colleges in those Universities, and to the Colleges of Saint Mary of Winchester near Winchester, and of King Henry the Sixth at Eton, Power to sell, enfranchise, and exchange LanView statute
Universities and College Estates Act189861 & 62 Vict.55An act to amend the Universities and College Estates Acts, 1858 to 1880.View statute
Universities and College Estates Act Extension186023 & 24 Vict.59An act to extend the Provisions of the Universities and College Estates Act (1858), and of the Copyhold Acts, and of the Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and thirteen, and of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of the same Reign, Chapter Eighty-four, so far as the same relate to Universities and Colleges.View statute
Universities and College Estates Amendment Act188043 & 44 Vict.46An act to amend the Universities and College Estates Act, 1858.View statute
Universities Elections Act186831 & 32 Vict.65An act to amend the Law relating to the Use of Voting Papers in Elections for the Universities.View statute
Universities Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act188144 & 45 Vict.40An act to make farther provision in regard to the Registration of Parliamentary Voters, and also in regard to the taking of the Poll by means of Voting Papers, in the Universities of Scotland.View statute
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (Limited Tenures) Act188043 & 44 Vict.11An act to authorise the Extension and further Limitation of the Tenures of certain University and College Emoluments limited or to be limited by Orders of the Oxford and Cambridge Commissioners.View statute
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act187740 & 41 Vict.48An act to make further Provision respecting the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Colleges therein.View statute
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859185922 & 23 Vict.19An act to repeal Part of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of Elizabeth, Chapter Twenty-nine, concerning the several Incorporations of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Confirmation of the Charters, Liberties, and Privileges granted to View statute
Universities Tests Act187134 & 35 Vict.26An act to alter the Law respecting Religious Tests in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and in the Halls and Colleges of those Universities.View statute
University Education (Ireland) Act187942 & 43 Vict.65An act to promote the advancement of Learning, and to extend the benefits connected with University Education in Ireland.View statute
University Elections Act186124 & 25 Vict.53An act to provide that Votes at Elections for the Universities may be recorded by means of Voting Papers.View statute
University of Dublin Registration Act18425 & 6 Vict.74An act to amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of His late Majesty, "to amend the Representation of the People of Ireland," in respect of the Right of Voting in the University of Dublin.View statute
University of Dublin Tests Act187336 & 37 Vict.21An act to abolish Tests in Trinity College and the University of Dublin.View statute
University of London Act189861 & 62 Vict.62An act to make further provision with respect to the University of London.View statute
University of London Act189962 & 63 Vict.24An act to amend the University of London Act, 1898, with respect to Holloway College.View statute
University of London Medical Graduates Act185417 & 18 Vict.114An act to extend the Rights enjoyed by the Graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in respect to the Practice of Physic to the Graduates of the University of London.View statute
Unlawful Combinations (Ireland) Act180343 Geo. 386An act to prevent unlawful Combinations of Workmen Artificers, Journeymen, and Labourers in Ireland; and for other Purposes relating thereto.View statute
Unlawful Combinations (Ireland) Act181454 Geo. 3180An act to provide for the preserving and restoring of Peace in such Parts of Ireland as may at any time be disturbed by seditious Persons, or by Persons entering into unlawful Combinations or Conspiracies.View statute
Unlawful Combinations (Ireland) Act184811 & 12 Vict.89An act to continue for Two Years, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the FoView statute
Unlawful Distillation, etc. (Ireland) Act181455 Geo. 312An act to amend several Acts relating to Fines in respect of unlawful Distillation in Ireland, to the warehousing of Spirits, and to the securing the Duties of Excise on Spirits distilled, and on Hides and Skins tanned in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Drilling Act181960 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 41An act to prevent the Training of Persons to the Use of Arms, and to the Practice of Military Evolutions and Exercise.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act181050 Geo. 3102An act for the more effectually preventing the administering and taking of unlawful Oaths in Ireland; and for the Protection of Magistrates and Witnesses in Criminal Cases.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act18234 Geo. 487An act to amend and render more effectual the Provisions of an Act, made in the Fiftieth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act18447 & 8 Vict.78An act to continue for One Year an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act18458 & 9 Vict.55An act to continue for Two Years, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act185114 & 15 Vict.48An act to continue an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, "to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act185619 & 20 Vict.78An act to continue the Act of the Second and Third Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Seventy-four, for preventing the administering and taking of unlawful Oaths in Ireland, as amended by an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Her Majesty's Reign.View statute
Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act186225 & 26 Vict.32An act to continue the Act of the Second and Third Years of Victoria, Chapter Seventy-four, for preventing the administering of unlawful Oaths in Ireland, as amended by an Act of the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of Victoria.View statute
Unlawful Oaths Act181252 Geo. 3104An act to render more effectual an Act, passed in the Thirty seventh Year of His present Majesty, for preventing the administering or taking Unlawful Oaths.View statute
Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Act18256 Geo. 44An act to amend certain Acts relating to unlawful Societies in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Act18392 & 3 Vict.74An act to extend and render more effectual for Five Years an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His late Majesty George the Fourth, to amend an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty George the Third, for preventing the administering and taking unlawful Oaths in Ireland.View statute
Unlawful Weights (Ireland) Act18245 Geo. 4110An act for the Indemnity of Magistrates in Proceedings against Persons using unlawful Weights in Ireland.View statute
Use of Clarke's Hydrometer Act180242 Geo. 397An act to authorize the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury in Great Britain, and the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury in Ireland, to order the Use of the Hydrometers now employed in the Management of the Revenues, to be discontinued; and other Instruments to be used instead thereof.View statute
Use of Fine Flour Act180141 Geo. 31An act to suspend, until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and one, so much of an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An act to prevent, until the sixth Day of November one thousand eight hundred and one, and from thence to the End of six Weeks from the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament, the manufacturing of any Fine Flour from Wheat or other Grain, and the making of any Bread solely from the Fine Flour of Wheat; and to repeal an Act passed in the thirty-sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, for permitting Bakers to make and sell certain Sorts of Bread, and to make more effectual Provision for the same; as relates to other Grain than Wheat; and for indemnifying Persons who may have dressed, sold, or used any Meal or Flour of such other Grain finer than is prescribed by the said Act.View statute
Use of Fine Flour Act180141 Geo. 32An act to repeal an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An act to prevent, until the sixth Day of November one thousand eight hundred and one, and from thence to the End of six Weeks from the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament, the manufacturing of any Fine Flour from Wheat or other Grain, and the making of any Bread solely from the Fine Flour of Wheat; and to repeal an Act passed in the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty for permitting Bakers to malt and sell certain Sorts of Bread, and to make more effectual Provision for the same; and to indemnify Millers and other Persons who have dressed, sold, or used any Meal or Flour of a finer Description than allowed by the said Act.View statute
Use of Fire on Steamboats Act18289 Geo. 411An act to exempt Vessels propelled by Steam from the Penalties to which Vessels are liable, under various Acts, for having Fire on Board in the Ports, Harbours, Rivers, Canals, and Lakes of Ireland.View statute
Use of Rice in Distillation Act185619 & 20 Vict.51An act to permit the Use of Rice in the Distillation of Spirits.View statute
Use of Sugar in Brewing (Great Britain) Act181253 Geo. 31An act to continue, until the First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirteen, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for allowing the Use of Sugar in Brewing Beer in Great Britain.View statute
Use of Sugar in Brewing (Great Britain) Act181252 Geo. 365An act to allow the Use of Sugar in brewing Beer in Great Britain.View statute
Usury Act18392 & 3 Vict.37An act to amend, and extend until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute
Usury Act18403 & 4 Vict.83An act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for amending and extending the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute
Usury Act18414 & 5 Vict.54An act to continue until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-four an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for continuing an Act for amending and extending the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute
Usury Act18436 & 7 Vict.45An act to continue, until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, an Act for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute
Usury Act18458 & 9 Vict.102An act to continue until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one an Act for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute
Usury Act185013 & 14 Vict.56An act to continue the Act for exempting certain Bills of Echange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Usury Laws.View statute
Usury Act 183718377 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.80An act to exempt certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.View statute