Acts that settled the British constitution: the Bill of Rights 1689, the Acts of Union 1707, the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and the medieval statutes of Praemunire and Mortmain that limited papal and church power. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes an act of the Parliament of England, Britain or Ireland on the structure of the state. It excludes acts for the dominions and acts of other countries.
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Acts of Union 1707 (Wikipedia)
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They put into effect the international Treaty of Union agreed on 22 July 1706, which politically joined the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into a single "political state" named Great Britain, with Queen Anne as its sovereign.
Statutes of Mortmain (Wikipedia)
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The Statutes of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 (Statutum de Viris Religiosis, 7 Edw. 1) and 1290 (Quia Emptores, 18 Edw. 1), passed in the reign of Edward I of England, aimed at preserving the kingdom's revenues by preventing land from passing into the possession of the Church.
Bill of Rights 1689 (Wikipedia)
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The Bill of Rights 1689 (1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2) (sometimes known as the Bill of Rights 1688) is an act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and changed the succession to the English Crown.
Statute of Praemunire, Wikipedia
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Its intention was to limit the powers of the papacy in England, by making it illegal to appeal an English court case to the pope if the king objected, or for anyone to act in a way that recognised papal authority over the authority of the king.
Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Wikipedia)
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The Act was intended to partition Ireland into two self-governing polities: the six north-eastern counties were to form "Northern Ireland", while the larger part of the country was to form "Southern Ireland".
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