Held that Statutes of General Application are statutes that are applied by all civil and criminal courts and bind all citizens. ... In the case of Lawal vs Younan[3], the court decided that the Fatal Accident Act of 1846 and the Fatal Accident Act of 1864 are statutes of general application since they concern all citizens.
3.4.3.1 English Statutes Of General Application The term ' 'statute of general application'' means those British Acts of Parliament which were applicable to the people at large and to whole England.
