...this. We must never forget that what we now call the Act of Settlement of 1701 was officially entitled 'An act for the further limitation of the Crown and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject' - the better securing of them, that is, against the practices of William III. Only the securing of...

...Parliament made in England in the Twelfth year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for the further Limitation of the...better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject [Act of Settlement]: And that all Papists, and persons marrying Papists, shall be excluded from, and...

...the Crown against him the said James, and all other Persons whatsoever; which Succession, by an Act, intituled, An Act for the further Limitation of the...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Dutchess Dowager o/'Hanover, and the Heirs...

...triomphe des idées libérales et des droits individuels dans les colonies américaines et en France, 84. An Act for the Further Limitation of the Crown and Better Securing the Rights ofthe Subject, 12 et 13 Gul. III, c. 2 (1700 et 1701). 85. PJJG Guyot, Traité des droits, fonctions,...

...elections for a new Parliament should be held every three years. The Act of Settlement of 1701, entitled "An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject," increased the accountability of ministers to the Commons and provided terms of appointment for judges...

...the safety of this realm to have a Popish monarch'. Its name is really a misnomer; its full title was 'An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject'; and in many ways its terms were deliberately offensive to King William; for instance, it legislated...

...controversial,37 the significance of the constitutional measures during his reign is clear. They culminated in the 'Act for the further limitation of the Crown and better...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject' in 1701. 38 This statute compelled the monarch to 'join in communion with the Church of England as by...

...impeachment and the barring of Roman Catholics from the throne. Indeed, the 17o1 act, which was titled "An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject," resolved most of the doubts about the ultimate significance of the Glorious Revolution that had been...

...parliament iwithout consulting or even informing the Scottish parliament) passed the Act of Settlement i'An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and better...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject'); this Act conferred the thrones of England and Ireland, after the death of William and of Anne, and...

...claiming that his 'friends' had been involved in the committee for the legislation.1 The subtitle of the act, 'for the further limitation of the crown and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject', established for many contemporaries its radical ambitions. A later commentator, echoing these points,...