A reception statute is a statutory law adopted as a former British colony becomes independent by which the new nation adopts, or receives, the English...

have either implemented reception statutes or adopted the common law by judicial opinion. Other examples of reception statutes in the United States, the...

reception, a legal theory Reception statute, a statutory law adopted as a former British colony becomes independent Reception (gridiron football), a play...

territories, the territorial reception statutes became obsolete and were re-enacted as state law. For example, a reception statute enacted by legislation in...

domestic law or indigenous conditions. Some reception statutes impose a specific cutoff date for reception, such as the date of a colony's founding, while...

Common law#Propagation... Reception statute in former British colonies Terra nullius Luts, Marju. "Jurisprudential Reception as a Field of Study". juridicainternational...

original English statute itself may still be in effect in a number of Canadian provinces, depending on the constitutional or reception statute of English law...

offenses. In a minority of states a reception statute may recognize the common law offenses that existed at the time the statute was enacted as punishable. All...

in force at a particular time in England, often through specific reception statutes or by adoption into local law. As a result chapter 29 of the 1297...

constitutions specifically providing for redress for torts in addition to reception statutes which adopted English law. However, tort law globally was viewed[who...

all U.S. states except Louisiana, California has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. California Civil Code Section 22.2...

except Louisiana, Massachusetts has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

states except Louisiana, Michigan has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

states except Louisiana, Colorado has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

the country's Provisional State Council's first legislative act – a reception statute known as the "Law and Administration Ordinance of 1948". The existing...

law might explicitly or implicitly incorporate the 1772 act via a reception statute. Some Westminster amendments to the 1772 act did not automatically...

states except Louisiana, Washington has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

states except Louisiana, Virginia has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

Knesset. This reception of existing law was enabled the first legislative act of the Provisional State Council, which enacted a reception statute as part of...

recommending the adoption of the common law through the enactment of a reception statute; Burnett signed the resulting bill into law on April 13, 1850. Characterized...

The Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act 1709 or the Copyright Act 1710 (cited either as 8 Ann. c. 21 or as 8 Ann. c. 19), was an act of the...

states except Louisiana, Georgia has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (Bill H.R 801 IH Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, also known as the "Conyers Bill") was submitted as...

legislative act was the "Law and Administration Ordinance of 1948", a reception statute. The act adopted all existing laws "with such modifications as may...

states except Louisiana, New Jersey has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject...

needed] Pennsylvania has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law.[citation needed] All statutes, regulations, and ordinances...

and governor chose instead to adopt the common law by enacting a reception statute in April 1850. Dwinelle represented the city of San Francisco in the...

The Separate Car Act (Act 111) was a law passed by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1890 which required "equal, but separate" train car accommodations...

genealogical changes and political circumstances. The first known Reception Statute dates back to 1478 and aimed to maintain the homogeneity of knightly...

capacity prepared the committee report resulting in the enactment of a reception statute by which the newly formed state of California adopted the common law...