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Act of Parliament passed in England in 1673,
more than 100 years after similar legislation
in Scotland, requiring holders of public
office to renounce the doctrine of
transubstantiation and take the sacrament in
an Anglican church, thus excluding Catholics,
Nonconformists, and non-Christians from
office. Its clauses were repealed in 1828-29.
Scottish tests were abolished in 1889. In
Ireland the Test Act was introduced in 1704
and English legislation on oaths of
allegiance and religious declarations were
made valid there in 1782. All these
provisions were abolished in 1871.