e/Public Schools Act 1868

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has gloss	eng: The Public Schools Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.118) was enacted by the British Parliament to reform and regulate nine leading English boys' schools. These so-called public schools all grew out of ancient charity schools originally established to provide for a few poor scholars, but then, as today, educated many sons of the English upper and upper-middle classes on a fee-paying basis.
lexicalization	eng: Public Schools Act 1868
instance of	c/United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1868