The London, Quo Warranto Judgment Reversed Act 1689 is an Act of the

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(statute number ''2 W. & M. c. 8.''), the

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of which is "An Act for Reversing the Judgment in a Quo Warranto against the City of London and for Restoreing the City of London to its antient Rights and Privileges". Enacted shortly after the Glorious Revolution, it restored various valuable privileges of the officers, companies, and corporations of the

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that had been seized under a writ of ''

quo warranto In law, especially English and American common law, ''quo warranto'' (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?") is a prerogative writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right, power, or ...

'' by Charles II and James II to augment the royal revenue. Noorthouck writes, " is being the last confirmation of the rights and privileges of the citizens

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tought justly to be known by all."''Book 1, Ch. 17: From the Revolution to the death of William III'', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 272–288
Accessed 24 December 2014.

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