later Treason Acts

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The later Treason Acts are a series of British laws that expanded, modified, or clarified the definition and prosecution of treason beyond the framework established by the medieval Statute of Treasons 1351.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom legislation
series of statutes
appliesTo subjects of the British Crown
basedOn Statute of Treasons 1351
category Acts of Parliament
surface form: Acts of the Parliament of England

United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
surface form: Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Treason law in the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
effect altered evidential rules in treason trials
changed penalties for treason
expanded categories of treasonable conduct
follows Statute of Treasons 1351
governs prosecution of treason in British courts
influencedBy political conflicts in Britain
religious conflicts in Britain
wars of succession in Britain
jurisdiction England
Gaelic Ireland
surface form: Ireland (historical)

Scotland
Wales
language English
legalDomain treason law
legalStatus some provisions repealed
some provisions still in force
legalSystem British law
English law
modifies common law of treason
partOf constitutional history of the United Kingdom
history of English criminal law
purpose clarify definition of treason
expand definition of treason
modify definition of treason
regulate prosecution of treason
relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1495

later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1534

later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1547

later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1695

later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1702

later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
surface form: Treason Act 1708

Treason Act 1790
Treason Act 1814
Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
surface form: Treason Act 1817 (Ireland)

Treason Act 1842
Treason Act 1945
Treason Felony Act 1848
subjectMatter high treason
treasonable offences
timePeriod early modern period
modern period

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Statute of Treasons 1351 citedBy later Treason Acts
Statute of Treasons 1351 relatedTo later Treason Acts
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1790
Statute of Treasons 1351 relatedTo later Treason Acts
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1814
Statute of Treasons 1351 relatedTo later Treason Acts
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1842
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1495
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1534
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1547
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1695
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1702
later Treason Acts relatedTo later Treason Acts self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1708