The Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1850
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Acts by which Justices of the Peace are empowered to adjudicate in a summary Way as to certain Offences and other Matters in Ireland: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Commencement of this Act it shall be lawful for any Justice or Jus...