They consolidated provisions from a large number of earlier statutes which were then repealed.

Governor Morgan signed legislation to restore the death penalty in 1861, and again in 1862 to fully repeal the earlier statute.

It was written, he said, to echo an earlier Congressional statute that made substantial assistance the only exception to mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes.

It consolidated provisions related to forgery from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act.

According to the Society's earliest statutes every new member had to pay 10 riksdaler or give two books within the same value to the library.

It is one of the earliest English statutes still in force, although it has been very significantly amended.

First of all, historically, both at common law and in early statutes, this was always the line chosen.

It consolidated provisions related to larceny and similar offences from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act.

The new law swept away a swathe of earlier statutes, stating at the outset the principle that "Printing and publication are free".

It consolidated provisions in English criminal law related to accomplices from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act.