Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:England
gptkb:Great_Britain gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Wales |
| gptkbp:category |
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
Witchcraft law 1735 in law |
| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:8_Geo._2._c._5
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Great_Britain
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1735
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Witchcraft Act 1735
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| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James the First, intituled, An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked Spirits, except so much thereof as repeals an Act of the fifth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, against Conjuration, Witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked Spirits, and to repeal an Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland in the ninth Parliament of Queen Mary, intituled, Anentis Witchcrafts, and for punishing such persons as pretend to exercise or use any kind of Witchcraft, Sorcery, Inchantment, or Conjuration.
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to make it a crime to claim to have magical powers or to accuse others of witchcraft
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| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
24 June 1736
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Fraudulent_Mediums_Act_1951
1951 |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Witchcraft_Act_1604
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| gptkbp:status |
repealed
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:fraud
Witchcraft |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Witchcraft_Act_1604
gptkb:European_witchcraft gptkb:Witchcraft_Act |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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