The Act of Settlement of 1701 was particularly important for independence.

The 1662 Act of Settlement turned this widespread local practice into the law of the land.

Not for nothing is the original act of 1701 called the Act of Settlement.

Armagh, but is denied as much in the Act of Settlement passed in 1662.

Later the 1701 Act of Settlement was approved.

(See also: Act of Settlement 1662 for Irish politics at the time).

Under the Act of Settlement (1701), judges were to hold office during good behaviour rather than by the Sovereign's will.

From 1927, the court could hear appeals in relation to the value of land resumed under the Closer Settlement Acts.

Anne, however, had already acquiesced to the new line of succession created by the Act of Settlement.

It didn't make it easier to get the Settlement Act through the Congress.