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  1. Decision by the British law lords 1902 that
  2. unions were liable for their members'
  3. actions, and could hence be sued for damages
  4. in the event of a strike picketing or
  5. boycotting an employer. It resulted in a
  6. rapid growth of union membership, and was
  7. repealed by the Trades Disputes Act 1906.
  8.