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The Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3. c. ) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act required nearly all office-holders to take the oath of abjuration against James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender to the throne, self-styled Prince of Wales and son of the former King James II.^[1]

The Act also made it high treason to "compass or imagine" the death of Princess Anne of Denmark, the heir apparent to the throne, with effect from 25 March 1702.^[2] This clause never came into force however, since Anne became queen on 8 March 1702.

Another Act, the Assay of Plate Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 3), passed in 1702, amended the Coin Act 1696, which concerned treason by counterfeiting coins.

• Correspondence with James the Pretender (High Treason) Act 1701
• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Treason Act