BLACK Act, the statute 9th Geo. I. by which it is felony to appear armed, and with the face blackened or disguised, in any park, warren, &c., for the purpose of hunting or stealing deer, &c.
The BLACK Acts are the Acts of the Scottish parliament during the reigns of the five Jameses, of Mary, and of James VI., down to the year 1586 or 1587; so styled because written in the Saxon character.