Treason Act

Treason Act or Treasons Act (and variations thereon) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland on the subject of treason and related offences. These Acts may also be referred to as Statute of Treasons.

Several Acts on the subject of treason may also have different short titles, such as the Sedition Act.

The Treason Acts may refer to all statutes with this short title or to all statutes on the subject of treason and related offences.

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Famous quotes containing the words treason and/or act:

    She who resists as though she would not win,
    By her own treason falls an easy prey.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    To see him act is like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)