Recruiting Act 1703
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The Recruiting Act 1703 (2 & 3 Ann. c.13) was an Act
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...

 of the Parliament of England
Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

. Its long title was "for the increase of seamen and the better encouragement of navigation, and the protection of the coal trade". It provided for the forcible enlistment of able bodied men in the army and navy who did not have visible means of subsistence. It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
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