| Type: | Act |
| Short Title: | Demise of the Crown Act 1702[1] |
| Parliament: | Parliament of England |
| Long Title: | An Act for explaining a Clause in an Act made at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the two and twentieth of November in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King William the Third intituled An Act for the better Security of His Majesties Royal Person and Government.[2] |
| Year: | 1702 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1 Ann. c. 2(Ruffhead: 1 Ann. St. 1. c. 8) |
| Royal Assent: | 30 March 1702 |
| Commencement: | 8 March 1702 |
| Status: | Amended |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Ann/1/2 |
The Demise of the Crown Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of England. It is partly still in force. It abolished the rule that all legal proceedings automatically came to an end on the death of the monarch.