Black Act
(India, historical, derogatory) Act XI., 1836, of the Indian Legislature, which placed European subjects on a level with natives as to their subjection in civil causes to the British East India Compan
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(India, historical, derogatory) Act XI., 1836, of the Indian Legislature, which placed European subjects on a level with natives as to their subjection in civil causes to the British East India Company's courts, including those under native judges.
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(UK, historical) An act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1723 in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers, known as the Blacks. It greatly strengthened the criminal code and specified over 200 capital crimes.
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