lord campbell's act

Main Entry: Lord Camp·bell's Act
Pronunciation: 'lord-'kam-b&lz-, -'ka-m&lz-
Function: noun
Etymology: after Baron John Campbell (1779–1861), Scottish-born British jurist who played an instrumental role in the passage of the 1846 Fatal Accidents Act, which formed the basis for such laws
: a statute setting out the remedy available for wrongful death