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  2. Magna Carta - Wikipedia

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    Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 810 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...

  3. Civil liberties in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    It also allows terrorist organisations to be banned. Sixty groups have to date been outlawed. The Act also introduced a broad definition of "terrorism" under s.1. The stop and search powers in the Act were used to search protesters at an arms trade fair in Canary Wharf, including a Ph.D. student and a journalist who took legal action as a result.

  4. John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton - Wikipedia

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    The only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet, [5] and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral and prime minister Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet [6] (who succeeded to the baronetcy and estates held by another branch of the Acton family in Shropshire in 1791), Acton was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet, from 1837 to 1869.

  5. Toleration Act 1688 - Wikipedia

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    The Toleration Act 1688 [1] [a] (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18), also referred to as the Act of Toleration or the Toleration Act 1689, [3] was an Act of the Parliament of England.Passed in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, it received royal assent on 24 May 1689.

  6. Declaration of Indulgence (1687) - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Indulgence, also called Declaration for Liberty of Conscience, [1] was a pair of proclamations made by James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland in 1687. The Indulgence was first issued for Scotland on 12 February and then for England on 4 April 1687. [ 2 ]

  7. Act of Settlement 1701 - Wikipedia

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    British Monarchy web page on the Act of Settlement "British Parliament Debates Change To The Act of Settlement of 1701". TheRoyalist.net. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Image of original act from the Parliamentary Archives website Archived 8 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine "Settlement, Act of" .

  8. List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, which was in existence from 1707 to 1800 (inclusive).

  9. Liberty (division) - Wikipedia

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    The Liberties Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4.c. 87) ended the temporal jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ely in several liberties, and the Liberties Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 105) permitted the merging of liberties in their counties.

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