Piracy Act 1721
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title:
Piracy Act 1721
text:
The Piracy Act 1721 (c.24) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The long title and preamble of the Act were:
An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Piracy. Whereas the number of persons committing piracies, felonies, and robberies upon the seas is of late very much increased, and notwithstanding the laws already made and now in being, many idle and profligate persons have turned pirates, and betaken themselves to that wicked course of life, whereby the trade and navigation into r
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_Act_1721
date created:
2007-12-27T15:13:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T10:51:10Z
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