Act of Settlement 1701
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The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
Observed surface forms (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
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English statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
succession to the Crown of certain Commonwealth realms
ⓘ
succession to the Crown of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
1701 in law
ⓘ
Constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ Succession law ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
Roman Catholics are excluded from the succession
ⓘ
monarch must be in communion with the Church of England ⓘ those married to Roman Catholics are excluded from the succession ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1701 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Acts of Union 1707
ⓘ
British constitutional law ⓘ concept of constitutional monarchy in Britain ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom ⓘ rules of royal succession in the United Kingdom ⓘ succession laws in other Commonwealth realms ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ later Great Britain ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | constitutional statute in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| longTitle |
Act of Settlement 1701
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject
|
| monarchAtEnactment | William III of England ⓘ |
| partiallyAmendedBy |
Acts of Union 1707
ⓘ
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
surface form:
Union with Ireland Act 1800
|
| placeOfEnactment |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of England at Westminster
|
| predecessorLaw |
English Bill of Rights
ⓘ
surface form:
Bill of Rights 1689
|
| provided |
that judges could be removed only upon address of both Houses of Parliament
ⓘ
that judges hold office during good behaviour rather than at royal pleasure ⓘ |
| purpose |
to regulate the succession to the English throne
ⓘ
to secure a Protestant succession to the Crown ⓘ to strengthen parliamentary control over the monarchy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Glorious Revolution
ⓘ
House of Hanover ⓘ Protestant succession ⓘ |
| restricted |
holding of certain offices by foreigners
ⓘ
monarch’s ability to leave the dominions without parliamentary consent ⓘ |
| result |
barred Catholics from the English throne
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barred those married to Catholics from the English throne ⓘ enhanced parliamentary sovereignty over succession ⓘ established the Hanoverian succession ⓘ limited the powers of the monarch ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1701 ⓘ |
| stillInForce | yes ⓘ |
| successorDesignated |
Electress of Hanover
ⓘ
surface form:
Electress Sophia of Hanover
heirs of the body of Sophia of Hanover being Protestant ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Act of Settlement 1701 succession
subject surface form:
Sophia of the Palatinate
subject surface form:
Sophia of the Palatinate
this entity surface form:
An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject
this entity surface form:
Act of Settlement 1701 (as amended for New Zealand)
subject surface form:
King of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Glorious Revolution settlement