Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660

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The Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 was a key Restoration-era statute that formally ended the Long Parliament and cleared the way for the re-establishment of the monarchy under Charles II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England
Restoration-era statute
appliesTo Long Parliament
Rump Parliament
associatedWith Charles II of England
Convention Parliament (1660)
chronology enacted shortly before the formal Restoration of Charles II
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource treatises on English constitutional development
works on the English Civil War and Restoration
enactedBy Convention Parliament of 1660
fieldOfWork constitutional law
parliamentary law
followedBy Convention Parliament legislation on the Restoration settlement
Restoration of Charles II
follows Long Parliament
Protectorate Parliaments
Rump Parliament
hasEffect confirmation that the Long Parliament was legally dissolved
formal dissolution of the Long Parliament
removal of constitutional obstacles to the Restoration of the monarchy
termination of the Rump Parliament’s residual claims to authority
historicalPeriod Stuart period
jurisdiction Parliament of England
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalStatus spent
legalSystem English law
legislativeBody House of Commons of England
House of Lords
partOf Restoration constitutional settlement
purpose to clarify the legal status and dissolution of the Long Parliament
to regularize the constitutional position before the return of Charles II
relatedTo Act of Indemnity and Oblivion
Bill of Rights 1689
Declaration of Breda
Triennial Act 1641
Triennial Act 1664
linked to: Triennial Act 1641
significance important step in re-establishing the Stuart monarchy under Charles II
key statute in ending the revolutionary parliaments of the 1640s and 1650s
subjectOf English constitutional history
studies of the Restoration settlement
temporalContext English Restoration
linked to: Stuart period

Interregnum (England)
linked to: Interregnum
title Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
yearOfEnactment 1660

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Convention Parliament passedAct Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
Convention Parliament of 1660 legislated Dissolution of the Long Parliament
linked to: Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 title Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660