British succession law

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British succession law is the body of legal rules and historical statutes that determine the hereditary transmission of the British Crown, shaping who becomes monarch and in what order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
after2013Abolished disqualification for marriage to a Roman Catholic ⓘ
after2013Introduced absolute primogeniture ⓘ
after2013Limited requirement of sovereign consent to first six persons in line ⓘ
appliesTo British Crown ⓘ
constrainedBy constitutional conventions ⓘ
statutes of the UK Parliament ⓘ
statutes of the pre-Union English Parliament ⓘ
statutes of the pre-Union Scottish Parliament ⓘ
continuesInForceUnder uncodified British constitution ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines circumstances of disqualification from succession ⓘ
who is in line to the British throne ⓘ
determines order of succession to the British throne ⓘ
governsSuccessionTo head of state of the United Kingdom ⓘ
monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasComponent common law rules ⓘ
statutory law ⓘ
hasHistoricalOriginIn Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
English law ⓘ
Scottish law ⓘ
historicallyExcluded Roman Catholics from the throne ⓘ
persons married to Roman Catholics ⓘ
historicallyRequired Protestant succession ⓘ
male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
influenced Hanoverian succession in 1714 ⓘ
accession of the House of Windsor ⓘ
interactsWith laws of succession in Commonwealth realms ⓘ
isAdministeredThrough Accession Council procedures ⓘ
proclamations of accession ⓘ
isSubjectOf debates on gender equality ⓘ
debates on religious discrimination ⓘ
keyStatute Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Regency Act 1937 ⓘ
Regency Act 1953 ⓘ
Royal Marriages Act 1772 ⓘ
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ
Union with England Act 1707 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1707

Union with Scotland Act 1706 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
linkedTo role of the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England ⓘ
regulates hereditary transmission of the Crown ⓘ
requires consent of Commonwealth realms for changes to succession rules by convention ⓘ
monarch to be in communion with the Church of England ⓘ
monarch to swear coronation oaths to uphold the Protestant religion ⓘ
wasReformedBy Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ

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Charlotte Augusta of Wales → impactOn → British royal succession ⓘ
linked to: British succession law
Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 (Canada) → category → Succession to the Canadian throne ⓘ
linked to: British succession law