Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 447 — Public Laws in Force -- Court Rules

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Title XLI Laws

Chapter 447 Public Laws in Force -- Court Rules

447.010 Repealed, 1966.

[Repealed]

447.020 Repealed, 1966.

[Repealed]

447.025 Repeal of statutes enacted prior to 1942

All statute laws of the Commonwealth of a general and public nature enacted prior to the 1942 Regular Session of the General Assembly, except the Codes of Practice and such statute laws as are continued in force by express provision in the body of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, are hereby repealed.

History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 2.

447.030 Acts and compilations of former laws, evidence.

The Session Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly heretofore or hereafter published, the editions of the Statutes of Kentucky by Daniel Bradford, by William Littell, by Littell and Swigert, by Morehead and Brown, and in part by Preston S. Loughborough, the edition of the Virginia Statutes by William Waller Henning, Richard H. Stanton's new edition of the Revised Statutes of Kentucky, the supplement to the Revised Statutes by Harvey Myers, the General Statutes, the Codes of Practice, the various editions of Carroll's Kentucky Statutes and supplements thereto published prior to 1940, and the various editions of Carroll's Kentucky Codes and the supplements thereto, shall be received, in the courts and tribunals of this state, as evidence of the statute laws in force in this state at the time of their publication.

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2419, 2419a-1, 2419a-4, 2419a-5, 2419a-6, 2420a-1, 2420a-2, 2420a-3. Note: 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 92 repealed this section to contingently become effective as provided in sec. 93 of that act. However, that repeal was repealed by sec. 31 of Acts 1992, ch. 324, effective July 1, 1992, which provided that: "The repeal of KRS 447.030, Acts and compilations of former laws, evidence," contained in 1990 Ky. Acts Ch. 88, Sec. 92, is hereby repealed."

447.040 Decisions of English courts -- When authority.

The decisions of the courts of Great Britain rendered since July 4, 1776, shall not be of binding authority in the courts of Kentucky.

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2418.

447.050 Repealed, 1942.

[Repealed]

447.060 Repealed, 1942.

[Repealed]

447.070 Repealed, 1954.

[Repealed]

447.080 Repealed, 1954.

[Repealed]

447.090 Repealed, 1954.

[Repealed]

447.100 Repealed, 1954.

[Repealed]

447.110 Repealed, 1954.

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447.120 Repealed, 1954.

[Repealed]

447.130 Repealed, 1954.

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447.140 Repealed, 1954.

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447.150 Repealed, 1966.

[Repealed]

447.151 Repealed, 1976.

[Repealed]

447.152 Repealed, 1976.

[Repealed]

447.153 Repealed, 1976.

[Repealed]

447.154 Laws not to limit right of Court of Justice to promulgate rules.

No act creating, repealing, or modifying any statute shall be construed directly, or by implication, to limit the right of the Court of Justice to promulgate rules from time to time or to supersede, modify, or amend any rule so promulgated. Nor shall any statute be construed to limit in any manner the power of the Court of Justice to make rules governing practice and procedure in the courts.

Effective: June 19, 1976

History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 127, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 279, effective June 16, 1966. --Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 4, effective February 25, 1952.

447.155 Repealed, 1966.

[Repealed]

447.156 Repealed, 1976.

[Repealed]

447.157 Repealed, 1976.

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447.160 Repealed, 1956.

[Repealed]

447.170 Repealed, 1956.

[Repealed]

447.180 Repealed, 1956.

[Repealed]

447.200 Repealed, 1968.

[Repealed]

447.310 Repealed, 1968.

[Repealed]