The Papists Act 1742 (16 Geo. 2. c. 32) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed during the reign of George II. Its long title was "An Act for allowing further time for inrolment of deeds and wills made by papists; and for relief of protestant purchasers, devisees, and lessees".Danby Pickering, The Statutes at Large, from the 15th to the 20th Year of King George II: Vol. XVIII (Cambridge, 1765), p. 143.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
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