CORPORATION ACTS
\kˌɔːpəɹˈe͡ɪʃən ˈakts], \kˌɔːpəɹˈeɪʃən ˈakts], \k_ˌɔː_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n ˈa_k_t_s]\
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Acts regulating municipal corporations. The Corporation and Test Act, passed 1661, was repealed 1828.
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The popular name of the statute 25 Charles II., c. 2, which ordained that all persons holding any office, military or civil, should have taken the oath of allegiance, and should in the previous year have received the Eucharist according to the rites of the Church of England.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
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