Juries Act 1825

Juries Act 1825[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries.
Citation6 Geo. 4 c. 50
Introduced bySir Robert Peel MP (Commons)
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent22 June 1825
Commencement1 January 1826[b]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed acts
Amended by
Relates toJuries (Ireland) Act 1833
Status: Partially repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Juries Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 50), also known as the County Juries Act 1825, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended statutes for England and Wales related to juries. The act abolished outdated penalties, moved responsibility for creating jury lists from petty constables to churchwardens and parish overseers, expanded jury qualification to include bankers and merchants and devise a new method of jury selection. The act repealed for England and Wales statutes from 1259 to 1824.

Similar provision was made for Ireland by the Juries (Ireland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 91).
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