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Old 07-11-2018, 06:01 PM   #354
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
It changed with the Demise of the Crown Act 1901, which was backdated to the death of Queen Victoria.
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I have done a bit of following up. It turns out that the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (i.e. in about the time frame you would expect) provided that people in office under the Crown should remain in office for six months after a demise of the Crown (unless sacked by the successor, their commission expired, etc.). That included, crucially, members of Parliament. The Demise of the Crown Act 1727 extended that to some dubious cases involving offices under the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Demise of the Crown Act 1901 removed the six-month limit for all offices (the six-month limit for members of Parliament was removed in 1878).
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