Act of Settlement 1701
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The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T25998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Settlement 1701 Context triple: [Anne, Queen of Great Britain, legalFrameworkOfSuccession, Act of Settlement 1701]
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A.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
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English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is a 1689 act of the English Parliament that limited the powers of the monarchy, affirmed certain civil liberties, and helped establish principles of constitutional government and the rule of law.
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C.
Acts of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
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Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act of Settlement 1701 Target entity description: The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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A.
Petition of Right 1628
The Petition of Right 1628 was a landmark English constitutional document that challenged King Charles I’s abuses of power by asserting fundamental rights such as protection from arbitrary imprisonment and taxation without Parliament’s consent.
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B.
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is a 1689 act of the English Parliament that limited the powers of the monarchy, affirmed certain civil liberties, and helped establish principles of constitutional government and the rule of law.
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C.
Acts of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 were a pair of parliamentary measures that merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, fundamentally reshaping the political structure of the British Isles.
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D.
Acts of Parliament
Acts of Parliament are formal laws enacted by the UK Parliament that constitute the primary source of statutory law in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
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English statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
succession to the Crown of certain Commonwealth realms
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succession to the Crown of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
1701 in law
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Constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ Succession law ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
Roman Catholics are excluded from the succession
ⓘ
monarch must be in communion with the Church of England ⓘ those married to Roman Catholics are excluded from the succession ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1701 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Acts of Union 1707
ⓘ
British constitutional law ⓘ concept of constitutional monarchy in Britain ⓘ parliamentary sovereignty in the United Kingdom ⓘ rules of royal succession in the United Kingdom ⓘ succession laws in other Commonwealth realms ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
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Wales ⓘ later Great Britain ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | constitutional statute in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| longTitle |
Act of Settlement 1701
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject
|
| monarchAtEnactment | William III of England ⓘ |
| partiallyAmendedBy |
Acts of Union 1707
ⓘ
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
surface form:
Union with Ireland Act 1800
|
| placeOfEnactment |
Parliament of England
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surface form:
Parliament of England at Westminster
|
| predecessorLaw |
English Bill of Rights
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surface form:
Bill of Rights 1689
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| provided |
that judges could be removed only upon address of both Houses of Parliament
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that judges hold office during good behaviour rather than at royal pleasure ⓘ |
| purpose |
to regulate the succession to the English throne
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to secure a Protestant succession to the Crown ⓘ to strengthen parliamentary control over the monarchy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Glorious Revolution
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House of Hanover ⓘ Protestant succession ⓘ |
| restricted |
holding of certain offices by foreigners
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monarch’s ability to leave the dominions without parliamentary consent ⓘ |
| result |
barred Catholics from the English throne
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barred those married to Catholics from the English throne ⓘ enhanced parliamentary sovereignty over succession ⓘ established the Hanoverian succession ⓘ limited the powers of the monarch ⓘ |
| royalAssent | 1701 ⓘ |
| stillInForce | yes ⓘ |
| successorDesignated |
Electress of Hanover
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surface form:
Electress Sophia of Hanover
heirs of the body of Sophia of Hanover being Protestant ⓘ |
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Subject: Act of Settlement 1701 Description of subject: The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Act of Settlement 1701 succession
this entity surface form:
An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject
this entity surface form:
Act of Settlement 1701 (as amended for New Zealand)
this entity surface form:
Glorious Revolution settlement
subject surface form:
Sophia of the Palatinate
subject surface form:
Sophia of the Palatinate
subject surface form:
King of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Hanoverian succession of 1714
this entity surface form:
Act of Settlement 1701 (as applied in New Zealand)
subject surface form:
Sophia of the Palatinate
this entity surface form:
British_act_of_settlement_and_related_succession_laws