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🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandConstitution

Claim of Right Act 1689

47

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Provision
47
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

Provision text

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The said Estates of the Kingdome of Scotland Doe resolve that William and Mary King and Queen of England France and Ireland Be and be Declared King and Queen of Scotland To hold the Crowne and Royall Dignity of the said Kingdome of Scotland To them the said King and Queen dureing ther lives and the longest liver of them and that the sole and full exercise of the regall power be only in and Exercised by him the said King in the names of the said King and Queen Dureing ther joynt lives And after ther decease The said Croune and Royall Dignity of the said Kingdome to be to the heirs of the body of the said Queen which failing to the Princess Ann of Denmark and the airs of her body which also failing to the aires of the Body of the said William King of England

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Claim of Right Act 1689 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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