This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1714. For acts passed until 1707, see the

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is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use

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came into force on 8 April 1793, acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain were deemed to have come into effect on the first day of the session in which they were passed. Because of this, the years given in the list below may in fact be the year before a particular act was passed.

1 Geo. 1. St. 1

The second session of the

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, which met from 1 August 1714 until 25 August 1714. There were no private acts in this session.

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1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2)

The first session of the

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, which met from 17 March 1715 until 26 June 1716.

Public acts

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