Seditious Meetings Act 1817

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The Seditious Meetings Act of 1817 made it illegal to hold a meeting of more than 50 people.

The act was passed by Lord Liverpool's government in March, 1817 in retaliation to the March of the Blanketeers in the same month.^[1]