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Lord Campbell's Act
noun
Lord Camp·bell's Act
\ˈlȯrd-ˈkam-bəlz-, -ˈka-məlz-\
Legal Definition of Lord Campbell's Act
: a statute setting out the remedy available for wrongful death
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Origin and Etymology of lord campbell's act
after Baron John Campbell (1779–1861), Scottish-born British jurist who played an instrumental role in the passage of the 1846 Fatal Accidents Act, which formed the basis for such laws
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