five mile act

Five Mile Act. Hist. A 1665 English act prohibiting Puritan ministers from teaching or coming within five miles of any town where they had held office if they refused to pledge that they would not seek to overturn the Church of England. • The Act was repealed in 1689.

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译者Vicky，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与债权人权利及破产诉讼相关的法律文件。