List of legislation named for a person
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This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation.[1][2] Some of these Acts acquired their names because short titles were not used, and some now have different short titles. Popular names are generally informal (such as Megan's law) but may reflect the official short title of the legislation.
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Canada
India
United Kingdom and predecessor states
- Awaab's Law
- Bovill's Act (the Partnership Amendment Act 1865)
- Clare's Law
- The Coventry Act
- Crewe's Act
- Deasy's Act
- Denman's Act
- Fox's Act
- Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727
- Harper's Law
- Jervis' Act
- Lord Birkenhead's Acts
- Lord Brougham's Act
- Lord Cairns' Act
- Lord Campbell's Act:
- The Libel Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c.96)
- The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c.93)
- The Obscene Publications Act 1857
- Lord Cranworth's Act (23 & 24 Vict c 145) (1860)
- Lord Ellenborough's Act
- Lord Hardwicke's Act
- Lord Kingsdown's Act (the Wills Act 1861)
- Lord Tenterden's Act
- Lucy's Law
- Malin's Act (the Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 57))
- Martyn's Law (Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025)
- Palmer's Act
- Peel's Acts
- Poynings' Law (disambiguation)
- Preston's Act (55 Geo 3 c 192) (1815)
- Sarah's Law (officially the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme)
- Sophia Naturalization Act 1705
- Strode's Act
- The Thellusson Act
