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List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1496

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ131388543 ↗
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland for the year 1496.

It lists acts of Parliament of the old Parliament of Scotland, that was merged with the old Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, by the Union with England Act 1707 (c. 7).

For other years, see list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For the period after 1707, see list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1496, 1707—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with List, acts and Parliament providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q131388543. The first chronological checks are 1496 and 1707.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1496” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.