Irish Appeals Act 1783

Irish Appeals Act 1783
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn act for removing and preventing all doubts which have arisen, or might arise, concerning the exclusive rights of the parliament and courts of Ireland, in matters of legislation and judicature; and for preventing any writ of error or appeal from any of his Majesty’s courts in that kingdom from being received, heard, and adjudged in any of his Majesty’s courts in the kingdom of Great Britain.
Citation23 Geo. 3. c. 28
Dates
Royal assent17 April 1783
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byNorthern Ireland Act 1962
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Irish Appeals Act 1783 (23 Geo. 3. c. 28), commonly known as the Renunciation Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. By it the British Parliament renounced all right to legislate for Ireland, and declared that no appeal from the decision of any court in Ireland could be heard in any court in Great Britain.