Profane Oaths Act 1745
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Profane Oaths Act 1745
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The Profane Oaths Act 1745 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1746, in effect from 1 June 1746, and formally repealed in 1967. It established a system of fines payable for "profane cursing and swearing". The preamble described the ubiquity of the "horrid, impious, and execrable vices of profane cursing and swearing" in the country, saying that this "may justly provoke the divine vengeance to increase the many calamities these nations now labour under", and that the existing
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane_Oaths_Act_1745
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2023-11-09T17:31:50Z
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