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Reform of Legal System

Great Britain · Government / Whig and Peelite Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1857Date range
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1857

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd25 August 1857

London · Government / Whig and Peelite Government

The Matrimonial Clauses Bill makes it possible for a divorce in a court of law

Names involved

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd

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