The Papists Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2, c. 21) was an
Act of Parliament
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passed by the
Parliament of Great Britain
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during the reign of
George II George II or 2 may refer to:
People
* George II of Antioch (seventh century AD)
* George II of Armenia (late ninth century)
* George II of Abkhazia (916–960)
* Patriarch George II of Alexandria (1021–1051)
* George II of Georgia (1072–1089)
* ...
. Its long title was "An Act to indemnify protestant purchasers of estates of papists, against the penalties or forfeitures papists are liable to, for not having inrolled their estates, in pursuance of an
act of the third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for that purpose".
[Danby Pickering, ''The Statutes at Large, from the Ninth to the 15th Year of King George II: Vol. XVII'' (Cambridge, 1765), p. 438.]
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Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1740