THE FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT, 1855
An Act to provide compensation to families for loss occasioned by the death of a person
caused by actionable wrong.
Preamble.—WHEREAS no action or suit is now maintainable in any Court against a person who, by
his wrongful act, neglect or default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is often-times
right and expedient that the wrong-doer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so
caused by him. It is enacted as follows:—
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