Quebec Actとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo. III c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. The principal components of the act were:

• The province's territory was expanded to take over part of the Indian Reserve, including much of what is now southern Ontario, plus Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota.
• The oath of allegiance was replaced with one that no longer made reference to the Protestant faith.
• It guaranteed free practice of the Catholic faith.
• It restored the use of the French civil law for private matters while maintaining the use of the English common law for public administration, including criminal prosecution.