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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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  • Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) or Statute of Treasons is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the...
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    The Treason Act 1714 or Trial of Rebels Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 33) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the...
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    not surrender themselves by 12 July 1746 were attainted of high treason. Justices of the realm were under this Act instructed to commit the persons who...
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    1) before expiring. The Act provided that those suspected of high treason could be detained without bail until 19 April 1746; their horses could be seized...
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    The Treason Act 1554 (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It is not to be confused with two other Acts about treason passed...
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    a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1746. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1746. 1746 (MDCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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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 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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    The Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo. 3. c. 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which abolished burning at the stake as the penalty...
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    The Treason Act 1553 (1 Mar. Sess. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England. (It should not be confused with another Act about treason passed in...
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    The Treason Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was passed early in the reign...
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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 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. 146) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which modified the penalty for...
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    The Treason Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 93) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It assimilated the procedure on trials for treason...
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    The Treason Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act was described as "purely procedural" by the House of Lords...
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    an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1488. It made it high treason to counterfeit coinage from other countries. (It was already treason to counterfeit...
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    of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James...
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    The Treason Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 6) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It made it high treason to assassinate...
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    The Treason Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 24) was an English act of Parliament passed by Parliament during the reign of Henry VIII. Two clauses of the Attainder...
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    The Treason Act 1423 or the Escape Act 1423 (2 Hen. 6. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for a person who had been...
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    The Treason Act 1442 (20 Hen. 6. c. 3) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it high treason for any Welshman to "drive, bring, carry away...
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    The Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 21) is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms...
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    The Treason Act 1795 (sometimes also known as the Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act) (36 Geo. 3. c. 7) was one of the Two Acts introduced by the...
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    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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    The Treason Act 1495, formally referred as the Act 11 Hen. 7. c. 1 and informally as the Rex de facto statute, is an Act of the Parliament of England which...
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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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    The Treason Act 1586 or the Errors in Attainders Act 1586 (29 Eliz. 1. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. Its long title was "An act concerning...
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    continue 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...
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