Master and Servant Act 1867

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Master and Servant Act 1867[1]
Long titleAn Act to amend the Statute Law as between Master and Servant.
Citation30 & 31 Vict c 141
Dates
Royal assent20 August 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byThe Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 86), s 17
Status: Repealed

The Master and Servant Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 141) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which sought to criminalise breach of contract by workers against their employers.[2] The Employers and Workmen Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 90) was passed in substitution for this Act.[3]

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  • Davis, James Edward. The Master and Servant Act, 1867. Butterworths. London. Hodges, Smith and Co. Dublin. 1868.
  • Davis, James Edward. "Lord Elcho's Master and Servant Act,1867". The Labour Laws. Butterworths. Fleet Street, London. 1875. Chapter 2. Pages 15 to 27. See also page 99.
  • Paterson, William (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1867. Horace Cox. London. 1867. Pages 389 to 407.
  • Holdsworth, William Andrew. "Of the Jurisdiction of the Magistrates under the Master and Servant Act 1867". The Law of Master and Servant. George Routledge and Sons. London. 1873. Chapter 14. Pages 135 to 146.
  • "Master and Servant Act, 1867" (1872) 16 Journal of Jurisprudence 204
  1. ^ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 1 of this Act.
  2. ^ "Web Appendix to \Coercive Contract Enforcement" (PDF). Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ Arnold, Thomas James (ed). The Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 86), and the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90): with the Rules for carrying into Effect the Jurisdiction given to Courts of Summary Jurisdiction by the last mentioned Act. Shaw and Sons. Fetter Lane, London. 1876. Page 113
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