Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660

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The Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 was a key Restoration-era statute that formally ended the Long Parliament and cleared the way for the re-establishment of the monarchy under Charles II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
Restoration-era statute
appliesTo Long Parliament NERFINISHED
Rump Parliament NERFINISHED
associatedWith Charles II of England NERFINISHED
Convention Parliament (1660) NERFINISHED
chronology enacted shortly before the formal Restoration of Charles II
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource treatises on English constitutional development
works on the English Civil War and Restoration
enactedBy Convention Parliament of 1660 NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork constitutional law
parliamentary law
followedBy Convention Parliament legislation on the Restoration settlement
Restoration of Charles II NERFINISHED
follows Long Parliament NERFINISHED
Protectorate Parliaments NERFINISHED
Rump Parliament NERFINISHED
hasEffect confirmation that the Long Parliament was legally dissolved
formal dissolution of the Long Parliament
removal of constitutional obstacles to the Restoration of the monarchy
termination of the Rump Parliament’s residual claims to authority
historicalPeriod Stuart period NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Parliament of England NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalStatus spent
legalSystem English law
legislativeBody House of Commons of England NERFINISHED
House of Lords NERFINISHED
partOf Restoration constitutional settlement NERFINISHED
purpose to clarify the legal status and dissolution of the Long Parliament
to regularize the constitutional position before the return of Charles II
relatedTo Act of Indemnity and Oblivion NERFINISHED
Bill of Rights 1689 NERFINISHED
Declaration of Breda NERFINISHED
Triennial Act 1641 NERFINISHED
Triennial Act 1664 NERFINISHED
significance important step in re-establishing the Stuart monarchy under Charles II
key statute in ending the revolutionary parliaments of the 1640s and 1650s
subjectOf English constitutional history
studies of the Restoration settlement
temporalContext English Restoration NERFINISHED
Interregnum (England) NERFINISHED
title Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 NERFINISHED
yearOfEnactment 1660

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Convention Parliament passedAct Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
Convention Parliament of 1660 legislated Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
this entity surface form: Dissolution of the Long Parliament