Treason Act 1702
United Kingdom legislation
The Treason Act 1702 (1 Ann. St. 2. c. 21) is an act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne (today the British throne), previously established by the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement 1701 (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2).
Section 3 of the act makes it treason to "endeavour to deprive or hinder any person who shall be the next in succession to the crown for the time being ... from succeeding after the decease of her Majesty (whom God long preserve) to the imperial crown of this realm and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging".
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