Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746
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The Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 was a British law that abolished the traditional judicial and feudal powers of Scottish clan chiefs and landowners, centralizing legal authority in the Crown in the aftermath of the Jacobite risings.
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