Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act 1881
WHEREAS with a view to the revision of the statute law it is expedient that various enactments (mentioned in the schedule to this Act) which chiefly relate to civil procedure or matters connected therewith, and which may be regarded as spent, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repeal by Parliament, or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances, become unnecessary, or the subject-matter whereof is provided for by or under the Supreme Court of Judicatur...