Settlement, Act of
- a statute of 1701 that vested the British Crown in Sophia of Hanover (granddaughter of James I of England and VI of Scotland) and her Protestant heirs, so excluding Roman Catholics, including the Stuarts, from the succession. Sophia's son became George I.王位继承法（1701年一法案, 将英国的王位给予汉诺威的索菲娅［英格兰詹姆斯一世及苏格兰詹姆斯六世的孙女］及其新教徒继承人, 从而排除包括斯图亚特王室成员在内的罗马天主教徒的继位; 索菲娅之子成为乔治一世）。