translate English to French: The ruling would have been legally binding in all the countries of the Empire - except, curiously enough, in Britain, as appeals to the Privy Council from within the realm had been abolished in the 17th century.Nevertheless, as the Registrar of the Privy Council told me, the ruling would have had "immense persuasive authority" in Britain!
Il devenait ainsi la nouvelle interprétation faisant autorité, grâce à laquelle les femmes étaient désormais reconnues comme des personnes dans la common law anglaise, et ce, à travers l'Empire.