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| | Act of Settlement (1701) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | (June 12, 1701), act of Parliament that, since 1701, has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain. |
 | | Toward the end of 1700 William III was ill and childless; his sister-in-law, the prospective queen, Anne, had just lost her only surviving child; and abroad the supporters of the exiled king, James II, were numerous and active. |
 | | Another clause, repealed in the reign of George I, forbade the sovereign to leave England, Scotland, or Ireland without the consent of Parliament. |
| www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/SettlementAct/SettlementAct.html (225 words) |
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