Quartering
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Quartering may refer to:
- dividing into four parts:
- Hanged, drawn and quarteredHanged, drawn and quarteredTo be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during the reigns of King Henry III and his successor, Edward I...
, quartering as a punishment - Quartering (heraldry)Quartering (heraldry)Quartering in heraldry is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division....
- Hanged, drawn and quartered
- The Quartering ActQuartering ActThe Quartering Act is the name of at least two 18th-century acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. These Quartering Acts ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. They were amendments to the Mutiny Act, which had to be renewed...
s, requiring American civilians to provide living spaces for British soldiers prior to the American Revolution