Act abolishing the Kingly Office

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The Act abolishing the Kingly Office was a 1649 law passed during the English Civil War that formally ended the monarchy in England and declared the country a republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament
constitutional law
appliesToJurisdiction England
English dominions
Island of Ireland
surface form: Ireland

Wales
chronologicallyAfter execution of Charles I on 1649-01-30
chronologicallyBefore Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth
consequence beginning of the English Interregnum without a monarch
legal basis for republican government in England
country England
dateOfPassage 1649-03-17
effect abolition of the English monarchy
establishment of a republic in England
removal of the office of King in England
follows abolition of the House of Lords
execution of Charles I
governingBodyAfterEnactment Council of State of the Commonwealth of England
governmentTypeEstablished English Commonwealth
surface form: Commonwealth
hasTitleInEnglish Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging
historicalContext Interregnum
historicalPeriod English Civil War
language English
legalArea constitutional law
public law
legalForm statute
legalStatus repealed
legislativeBody Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament

Rump Parliament
locationOfEnactment City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
mainSubject abolition of monarchy
republicanism
motivatedBy Parliamentarian victory in the Second English Civil War
opposedBy Royalists
supporters of the Stuart monarchy
partOf constitutional settlement of the English Interregnum
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian
relatedLegalAct Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
surface form: Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth

Instrument of Government
repealedBy Convention Parliament
Convention Parliament of 1660
surface form: Restoration settlement of 1660
significance first formal statutory abolition of monarchy in England
statedPurpose to abolish the kingly office in England and its dominions
to declare that the office of King is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people
temporalCoverage Interregnum
surface form: English Interregnum (1649–1660)
yearOfPassage 1649

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Rump Parliament enacted Act abolishing the Kingly Office
Act abolishing the Kingly Office relatedLegalAct Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth
Act abolishing the Kingly Office hasTitleInEnglish Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging
Act abolishing the Kingly Office chronologicallyBefore Act abolishing the Kingly Office self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth
Act abolishing the House of Lords relatedTo Act abolishing the Kingly Office
this entity surface form: Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth