Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660

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The Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 was a key Restoration-era statute that formally ended the Long Parliament and cleared the way for the re-establishment of the monarchy under Charles II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of England ⓘ
Restoration-era statute ⓘ
appliesTo Long Parliament ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
associatedWith Charles II of England ⓘ
Convention Parliament (1660) ⓘ
chronology enacted shortly before the formal Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource treatises on English constitutional development ⓘ
works on the English Civil War and Restoration ⓘ
enactedBy Convention Parliament of 1660 ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
parliamentary law ⓘ
followedBy Convention Parliament legislation on the Restoration settlement ⓘ
Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
follows Long Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate Parliaments ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
hasEffect confirmation that the Long Parliament was legally dissolved ⓘ
formal dissolution of the Long Parliament ⓘ
removal of constitutional obstacles to the Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
termination of the Rump Parliament’s residual claims to authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus spent ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
partOf Restoration constitutional settlement ⓘ
purpose to clarify the legal status and dissolution of the Long Parliament ⓘ
to regularize the constitutional position before the return of Charles II ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Indemnity and Oblivion ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Declaration of Breda ⓘ
Triennial Act 1641 ⓘ
Triennial Act 1664 ⓘ
linked to: Triennial Act 1641
significance important step in re-establishing the Stuart monarchy under Charles II ⓘ
key statute in ending the revolutionary parliaments of the 1640s and 1650s ⓘ
subjectOf English constitutional history ⓘ
studies of the Restoration settlement ⓘ
temporalContext English Restoration ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Interregnum (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
title Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1660 ⓘ

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Convention Parliament → passedAct → Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1660 → legislated → Dissolution of the Long Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660
Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 → title → Dissolution of the Long Parliament Act 1660 ⓘ