Treason Act 1814

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The Treason Act 1814 was a British law that reformed and clarified the punishment and procedures for high treason, notably replacing some of the more brutal traditional penalties with less severe forms of execution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
areaOfLaw offences against the state ⓘ
clarifies procedural aspects of trials for high treason ⓘ
concerns capital punishment ⓘ
sovereign protection ⓘ
state security ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines methods of execution for persons convicted of high treason ⓘ
hasCategory Capital punishment in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Treason in the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1814 ⓘ
hasEffectOn criminal procedure in treason cases ⓘ
sentencing in treason cases ⓘ
historicalPeriod Regency era ⓘ
inForceIn 19th century United Kingdom ⓘ
isPartOf British criminal law history ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus historical statute ⓘ
legalSubject constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
treason law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
longTitle An Act to alter the Punishment in certain Cases of High Treason ⓘ
modified penalties for women convicted of high treason ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom treason legislation ⓘ
penaltyChange abolished some of the more brutal traditional penalties for high treason ⓘ
substituted less severe forms of execution for high treason ⓘ
purpose to clarify procedures relating to high treason ⓘ
to reform the punishment for high treason ⓘ
reforms procedures for trying high treason ⓘ
punishment for high treason ⓘ
region Great Britain ⓘ
relatedTo Treason Act 1351 ⓘ
Treason Act 1790 ⓘ
Treason Act 1842 ⓘ
Treason Felony Act 1848 ⓘ
replaced traditional penalties for high treason involving drawing and quartering for men ⓘ
replacedWith hanging until dead for men convicted of high treason ⓘ
royalAssent 1814 ⓘ
shortTitle Treason Act 1814 ⓘ
subjectOf reforms of capital punishment in the United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfCrimeAddressed high treason ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1814 ⓘ

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later Treason Acts → relatedTo → Treason Act 1814 ⓘ
Treason Act 1814 → shortTitle → Treason Act 1814 ⓘ