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2998:English laws
2899:1994 to date
2834:institutions
2793:1972 to date
2769:Short titles
2756:
1585:Acts of the
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64:Jurisdiction
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2988:1653 in law
658:Magna Carta
203:Antecedence
2983:1653 works
2977:Categories
2782:(formerly
495:References
453:pp. 80, 81
274:Provisions
229:"Grandees"
164:Supersedes
1605:1751–1800
1600:1701–1750
1396:1760–1764
1391:1755–1759
1386:1750–1754
1381:1745–1749
1376:1740–1744
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713:1377–1397
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696:1308–1325
691:1275–1307
686:1225–1267
394:Jamestown
386:colonised
199:in 1653.
154:Author(s)
121:Executive
90:Presented
2832:devolved
2809:measures
473:Fritze,
419:and the
404:See also
398:Plymouth
314:(XXIV).
141:Repealed
111:Chambers
74:Scotland
47:Overview
1595:to 1700
1287:to 1707
439:Tyacke
390:English
388:by the
361:by the
191:of the
78:Ireland
70:England
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475:p. 228
455:. See
423:(1647)
412:(1258)
451:Farr
441:p. 69
428:Notes
2908:for
2874:List
2862:List
2855:and
2846:List
2816:List
2749:2024
2744:2023
2739:2022
2734:2021
2729:2020
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