The Treason Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3) is an Act of the Parliament of England which laid down rules of evidence and procedure in high treason trials...
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Hanged, drawn and quartered (section Treason Act 1695)
charges made against Whig politicians prompted the introduction of the Treason Act 1695. This allowed a defendant counsel, witnesses, a copy of the indictment...
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only) Treason Act 1695 (time limit on prosecution) Treason Act 1702 (a further form of treason) Treason Act (Ireland) 1703 (equivalent to Treason Act 1702)...
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Kingdom Treason Act Treason Act 1495 (special defence to treason) Treason Act 1695 (statute of limitations) Treason Act 1702 (further form of treason) Treason...
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to survive today in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Felony Act 1848. One clause which was included in the Treason Act 1695 was later adapted for the...
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The Treason Act 1547 (1 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is mainly notable for being the first instance of the rule that two...
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and belongings. [failed verification] The Treason Act 1695 enacted, among other things, a rule that treason could be proved only in a trial by the evidence...
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The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo 4 c 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended most of the English Treason Act 1695 to...
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treason trials. The rules of evidence and procedure in petty treason trials were the same as in high treason trials, except that the Treason Act 1695...
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the scope of treason. The Treason Act (Ireland) 1537, in force in Northern Ireland, expands the definition of treason. The Treason Act 1695 establishes...
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Sedition Act 1661, the Treason Act 1695, and eventually in Article Three of the United States Constitution. The rule was first enacted in the Treason Act 1547...
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procedure which made it a difficult offence to prove and prosecute (see Treason Act 1695). The newer offence, a felony, was designed to make convictions easier...
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witnesses to the same overt act, or that three judges preside at the trial (see Treason Act 1695 for details). The Treason Act 1800 relaxed these rules in...
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law since the Treason Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3), and under Scottish law since that Act was extended to Scotland by the Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c...
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provided that nothing in the Treason Act 1695 or the Treason Act 1708 was to extend to any indictment for high treason consisting of compassing or imagining...
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"Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, section 289". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2019. "Treason Act 1695, section 5". Legislation.gov.uk...
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the Treason Act 1695. Statutes at Large, vol. XI, Danby Pickering, Cambridge University Press, 1765. Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 High treason in...
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treason to return to England from France without a licence after 1 May 1696. Jacobitism Correspondence with Enemies Act 1691 Treason Act 1695 Treason...
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Article Three of the United States Constitution (redirect from Treason Clause)
act, or a confession by the accused in open court, to convict for treason. This rule was derived from another English statute, the Treason Act 1695....
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Privilege of peerage (redirect from Scandalum Magnatum Act 1378)
verdict. This practice was ended by the Treason Act 1695, passed during the reign of King William III. The Act required that all peers be summoned as Triers...
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the Treason Act, 1695, or of the Treason Act, 1708, except the provisions of those Acts specified in the third column of the Schedule to this Act. Section...
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rules of procedure and evidence contained in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Act 1708 applied to treason under these Acts. The Acts did not apply to anyone...
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permitted in a treason trial until the passing of the Treason Act 1695, but in a rare concession to the defence, Lady Russell was allowed to act as her husband's...
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The Treason Act 1702 (1 Ann. St. 2. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne (today...
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The Treason Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 25) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An Act declaring the Dissolution of the King's pretensed...
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The Treason Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 30) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title is "An Act for allowing Persons impeached of High...
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The Treason Act 1415 (4 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made clipping coins high treason, punishable by death. (It...
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desired verdict to the Court, but this ended when Parliament passed the Treason Act 1695 requiring that all peers be summoned to the Court, rendering the two...
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and evidence contained in the Treason Act 1695 and the Treason Act 1708 were to apply to treason under this Act. The Act did not apply to anyone in the...
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Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. 3) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England passed in 1702. The Act—the long title...
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