BLACK ACT
\blˈak ˈakt], \blˈak ˈakt], \b_l_ˈa_k ˈa_k_t]\
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The statute 9 Geo. I. c. 22, so called because it was occasioned by the outrages committed by persons with their faces blacked or otherwise disguised, who appeared in Epping Forest, near Waltham, in Essex, and destroyed the deer there, and committed other offenses. Repealed by 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 27.
By Henry Campbell Black
