An act for regulating the commencement of the year; and for correcting the calendar now in use. [With] The new calendar, tables and rules

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Page 8 - Lord one thousand eight hundred, one thousand nine hundred, two thousand one hundred, two thousand two hundred, two thousand three hundred, or any other hundredth years of our Lord which shall happen in time to come, except only every fourth hundredth year of our Lord, whereof the year of our Lord two...
Page 3 - ... but also from the legal method of computation in that part of Great Britain called Scotland , and from the common usage throughout the whole kingdom, and thereby frequent mistakes are occasioned in the dates of deeds, and other writings, and disputes arise therefrom...
Page 11 - September, be continued upon, or according to the nominal Days of the Month, or the Time of the Beginning of any Month, to be computed according to the...
Page 4 - ... to fall at very different times in the civil year from what they formerly did, which might tend to mislead persons ignorant of the said alteration : And whereas a method...
Page 12 - Act had not been made; that is to say, eleven Days later than the same would have happened, according to the nominal Days of the said new Supputation of Time, by which the Commencement of each Month, and. the nominal Days thereof are anticipated or brought forward by the Space of eleven Days, any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 11 - Purpose, which are either fixed to certain nominal Days of the Month, or depending upon the Beginning, or any certain Day of any...
Page 9 - Eafter-day is the Sunday after ; which rule was made in conformity to the decree of the faid General Council of Nice for the celebration of the faid feaft of Eafter.
Page 16 - Statute had not been made ; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 7 - Time, from and after the said second Day of September, be holden and kept upon or according to the...
Page 4 - Calendar, hath been discovered to be erroneous, by means whereof the vernal or spring equinox, which at the time of the general council of Nice in the year of our Lord three hundred and...

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