Act of Parliament | |
Long title | The Declaration of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland containing the Claim of Right and the offer of the Croune to the King and Queen of England. |
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Citation | 1689 c. 28 |
Territorial extent | Kingdom of Scotland |
Status: Current legislation | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Claim of Right 1689 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Claim of Right (c. 28; Scottish Gaelic: Tagradh na Còire) is an Act passed by the Convention of the Estates, a sister body to the Parliament of Scotland (or Three Estates), in April 1689. It is one of the key documents of United Kingdom constitutional law and Scottish constitutional law.[2]