Security_of_the_Sovereign_Act_1714
Security of the Sovereign Act 1714
United Kingdom legislation
The Security of the Sovereign Act 1714 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 13) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act required all civil and military officers; members of colleges; teachers; preachers; and lawyers to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy and of abjuration of the Pretender.[1]