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Papists Act 1734

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Papists Act 1734
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to for not having enrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of king George the first for that purpose.
Citation8 Geo. 2. c. 25
Dates
Royal assent15 May 1735
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867

The Papists Act 1734 (8 Geo. 2, c. 25) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the reign of George II. Its long title was "An act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to for not having enrolled their estates, in pursuance of an act of the third year of king George the first for that purpose".[1]

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  1. ^ James Thomas Law, The Ecclesiastical Statutes at Large: Vol. III (London: William Benning, 1847), p. 534.