Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996
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title:
Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996
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The Law Reform Act 1996 is a short Act of Parliament which abolished the year and a day rule in English law and Northern Irish law.
The year and a day rule was an ancient rule of the common law which created a conclusive presumption that a death was not murder if it occurred more than a year and a day since the act that was alleged to have been its cause. The precise scope of the rule was unclear. As Lord Dormand said on second reading in the House of Lords, "it certainly applies to murder, mans
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Reform_(Year_and_a_Day_Rule)_Act_1996
date created:
2005-05-17T13:21:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:55:11Z
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