MUTINY RENEWAL ACT (1696). An Act for Continuing several former Acts for Punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert His Majesties Service, and for Punishing False Musters, and for Payment of Quarters, for One Year longer.

NINE YEARS WAR. Great Britain. Parliament.

Published by London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1696

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Folio (12 inches). 7 & 8 William III, Chapter 23. General title leaf + pages 515-520. Woodcut Royal coat of arms, headband, and decorative initial. Text in Black Letter. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. Small circular ex-library stamp on general title leaf and first leaf of text. This Act was an extension of the mutiny law that ensured that the several armed forces be continued and other troops be raised for the safety of the Kingdom, for the common defence of the Protestant religion, and for carrying on the war against France. In accordance with the terms for keeping a standing army (as outlined in the Bill of Rights), the Act was in effect for a maximum of one year, and expired on April 10, 1697. The Mutiny Act became an annual Act: it governed the activities of the British armed forces, and made desertion, mutiny, and sedition crimes triable by court-martial and punishable by death.

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• Title: MUTINY RENEWAL ACT (1696). An Act for Continuing several former Acts for Punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert His Majesties Service, and for Punishing False Musters, and for Payment of Quarters, for One Year longer.
• Publisher: London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb
• Publication Date: 1696
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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  • NINE YEARS WAR