1814年血統敗壞法令

《1814年血統敗壞法令》(英語:Corruption of Blood Act 1814;54 Geo. 3 c. 145)是大不列顛及愛爾蘭聯合王國國會的一項法令,廢除了除叛逆、輕微叛逆及謀殺以外所有罪行的血統敗壞。在此之前,血統敗壞一直是因叛逆及重刑罪而被剝奪財產及公民權利者的自動後果。(該法令不適用於在法令生效日期之前犯下的罪行。)該法令是法律改革者國會議員塞繆爾·羅米利英语Samuel Romilly爵士努力的成果。他曾於1813年提出類似的法案,但未獲通過。

1814年血統敗壞法令
Corruption of Blood Act 1814[1]
國會法令
英國國會
全名本法令旨在取消某些情況下的血統敗壞。(An Act to take away Corruption of Blood save in certain Cases.)
引稱54 Geo.3 c.145
提案者塞繆爾·羅米利英语Samuel Romilly爵士
適用地域英格蘭及威爾斯北愛爾蘭
日期
御准1814年7月27日
其他法例
廢除法例1960年成文法編正法令英语Statute Law Revision Act 1960
現狀:已廢止

1828年侵害人身罪法令英语Offences against the Person Act 1828》廢除了輕微叛逆罪。《1870年沒收法令英语Forfeiture Act 1870》廢除了重刑罪及叛逆罪,謀殺及叛逆的血統敗壞由此獲取消。

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該法令由單一條款組成,內容如下:

"[N]o attainder for felony which shall take place from and after the passing of this Act, save and except in cases of the crime of high treason, or of the crimes of petit treason or murder, or of abetting, procuring, or counselling the same, shall extend to the dis-inheriting of any heir, nor to the prejudice of the right or title of any person or persons other than the right or title of the offender or offenders during his, her, or their natural lives only; and that it shall be lawful to every person or persons, to whom the right or interest of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments after the death of any such offender or offenders should or might have appertained if no such attainder had been, to enter into the same."

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  1. ^ This short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896.