Act of Settlement
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Act of Settlement may refer to:
- Statute of Legal Settlement 1547, legislation regarding the settlement of the poor
- Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652The Act for the Settlement of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against participants and bystanders of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest.-Background:...
, in response to the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Act of Settlement 1657Act of Settlement 1657The Act of Settlement 1657 was an Act of the Cromwellian Parliament for the Assuring, Confirming and Settling of lands and estates in Ireland. The Act received its Third Reading on June 8, 1657 and received the assent of the Lord Protector the following day...
, ratifying previous decrees from the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 - Act of Settlement 1662Act of Settlement 1662The Act of Settlement 1662 passed by the Irish Parliament in Dublin. It was a partial reversal of the Cromwellian Act of Settlement 1652, which punished Irish Catholics and Royalists for fighting against the English Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms by the wholesale confiscation of their...
, a partial reversal of the Act of Settlement of 1652 - Poor Relief Act 1662Poor Relief Act 1662The Poor Relief Act 1662 was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom and is also known as the Settlement Act or, more honestly, the Settlement and Removal Act. The purpose of the Act was to establish the parish to which a person...
(The Settlement Act), clarify which parishes were responsible for Poor Relief - Act of Settlement 1690, declare the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland to be the Established Church in Edinburgh
- Act of Settlement 1701Act of Settlement 1701The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant heirs. The act was later extended to Scotland, as a result of the Treaty of Union , enacted in the Acts of Union...
, governing the line of succession to the English throne and, after 1707, to the British throne - Act of Settlement 1703Act of Settlement 1703The Act of Settlement of 1703 was an Act of Tynwald passed clarifying the status of the population of the Isle of Man. It has been referred to as a Manx Magna Carta as its aim was to preserve the rights of the peasants in relation to their Lord...
, clarifying the status of the population of the Isle of Man