Seditious Meetings Act 1795

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom British statute

The Seditious Meetings Act 1795 was a British law passed in the wake of the French Revolution to restrict large public gatherings and suppress radical political organizations and dissent.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Seditious Meetings Act 1795 canonical	1
Seditious Meetings Act 1817	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ British statute ⓘ
affects	freedom of assembly in Britain ⓘ freedom of speech in Britain ⓘ
aimedAt	mass political meetings ⓘ popular political societies ⓘ radical reform societies ⓘ
appliesTo	public meetings of more than a specified number of persons ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ
consequence	increased state surveillance of political activity ⓘ restriction of popular radicalism ⓘ suppression of mass meetings ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateEnacted	1795 ⓘ
enforcementBy	central government authorities ⓘ local magistrates ⓘ
historicalContext	French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittite repression ⓘ
jurisdiction	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalMechanism	criminalized unauthorized political gatherings ⓘ empowered magistrates to disperse meetings ⓘ required notice for public meetings ⓘ restricted use of public halls for political meetings ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivatedBy	concern over domestic unrest ⓘ fear of revolutionary contagion from France ⓘ
opposedBy	civil libertarians ⓘ radical reformers ⓘ
partOf	British counter-revolutionary measures ⓘ
policyArea	freedom of assembly ⓘ political expression ⓘ public order ⓘ
policyType	repressive legislation ⓘ
purpose	to curb political dissent ⓘ to prevent seditious assemblies ⓘ to restrict large public meetings ⓘ to suppress radical political organizations ⓘ
reignOf	George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	British radical movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Treasonable Practices Act 1795 NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	William Pitt the Younger government NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late 18th century ⓘ

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Subject: Seditious Meetings Act 1795
Description of subject: The Seditious Meetings Act 1795 was a British law passed in the wake of the French Revolution to restrict large public gatherings and suppress radical political organizations and dissent.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London Corresponding Society → associatedWithLaw → Seditious Meetings Act 1795 ⓘ

Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817 → relatedTo → Seditious Meetings Act 1795 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seditious Meetings Act 1817