The Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571 ( 13 Eliz. 1. c. 29) is an Act of the

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. This main purpose of this act was to incorporate the universities of

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. The Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.The

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. 2011. . Part I. Page 56, read with pages viii and x. So much of this Act as imposed upon the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Oxford, or any of them, or any Municipal Officer of the City of Oxford, the obligation of taking any oath for the conservation of the liberties and privileges of the

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was repealed and annulled and made void by section 1 of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act 1859.

References

* Halsbury's Statutes,

External links

The Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571
as amended, from

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