Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746

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Act of Parliament of Great Britain British statute

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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Label	Occurrences
Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746	2
Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ British statute ⓘ
aimedAtGroup	Jacobite-supporting clans ⓘ hereditary sheriffs in Scotland ⓘ lords of regality in Scotland ⓘ
appliesTo	Scottish Highlands ⓘ Scottish clan chiefs ⓘ Scottish landowners ⓘ
beneficiary	Crown of Great Britain ⓘ
consequence	increased authority of the Crown in Scottish justice ⓘ integration of Scottish legal administration into a centralized system ⓘ weakening of the traditional clan system in Scotland ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateEnacted	1746 ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ feudal law ⓘ legal history of Scotland ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
implementedBy	royal courts in Scotland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	abolition of barony jurisdictions ⓘ abolition of heritable sheriffships ⓘ abolition of regality jurisdictions ⓘ removal of civil jurisdiction from clan chiefs ⓘ removal of criminal jurisdiction from clan chiefs ⓘ
legalStatus	historical statute ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
locationOfEffect	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
mainSubject	abolition of feudal judicial powers ⓘ centralization of legal authority ⓘ heritable jurisdictions in Scotland ⓘ
motivation	desire to prevent future rebellions in the Highlands ⓘ response to Jacobite risings ⓘ
partOf	British government measures after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion ⓘ
purpose	to abolish traditional judicial powers of Scottish clan chiefs ⓘ to abolish traditional judicial powers of Scottish landowners ⓘ to strengthen central government control in Scotland ⓘ to transfer local judicial authority to the Crown ⓘ
relatedTo	Acts of Proscription 1746 ⓘ surface form: Act of Proscription 1746 Acts of Proscription 1746 ⓘ surface form: Disarming Act 1746 Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
temporalContext	after the Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
typeOfAbolishedPower	feudal judicial authority ⓘ heritable jurisdiction ⓘ

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Jacobite risings → afterEffect → Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 ⓘ

Jacobite rising of 1745 → followedBy → Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746

Forty-Five Rebellion → legalConsequence → Heritable Jurisdictions Act 1746 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746