An act of parliament, passed in 1665, against non-eonform- ists,whereby ministers of that body were prohibited from coming within five miles of anycorporate town, or place where they had preached or lectured. Brown.
(Eccl. Hist.) An Act passed, 1665, ordaining that, except in travelling, no Dissenting teacher who had not submitted to the declaration required by the Act of Uniformity should approach within five miles of any corporate town.
