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Volunteers Act 1782

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Volunteers Act 1782
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the Encouragement and disciplining of such Corps or Companies of Men as shall voluntarily enroll themselves for Defence of their Towns or Coasts, or for the general Defence of the Kingdom, during the present War.
Citation22 Geo. 3. c. 79
Dates
Royal assent11 July 1782
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Volunteers Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 79) established military regulations for the many part-time units that were raised in Britain during the American War of Independence.

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The full text of the Act is available online.