February Patent

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The February Patent was an 1861 constitutional document of the Austrian Empire that reorganized the state into a centralized, constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.

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February Patent canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
imperial patent ⓘ
aimedAt centralization of the Austrian Empire ⓘ
limiting provincial autonomy ⓘ
appliedTo Cisleithania ⓘ
constitutionalNature octroyed constitution ⓘ
constitutionalSystemType census-based representation ⓘ
country Austrian Empire ⓘ
createdBody delegations for common affairs with Hungary ⓘ
dateOfIssue 1861-02-26 ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment centralized constitutional monarchy ⓘ
establishedLegislature Reichsrat ⓘ
bicameral parliament ⓘ
excludedTerritory Croatia-Slavonia ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
followed October Diploma ⓘ
grantedPowersTo Emperor of Austria ⓘ
hasEffectOn political representation of Austrian crown lands ⓘ
relationship between emperor and parliament ⓘ
hasShortName February Constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriod Neoabsolutism in the Austrian Empire ⓘ
inForceUntil 1867 ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalForm imperial patent (Verfassungspatent) ⓘ
legalStatus constitution ⓘ
legislativeChamberCreated House of Deputies of the Reichsrat ⓘ
House of Lords of the Reichsrat ⓘ
limitedPowersOf provincial diets ⓘ
locationOfSigning Vienna ⓘ
partlySupersededBy December Constitution of 1867 ⓘ
partOf constitutional history of Austria ⓘ
precededBy Bach system ⓘ
promulgatedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
providedFor imperial control over legislation ⓘ
representation of crown lands in the Reichsrat ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
reorganized Austrian Empire ⓘ
replaced October Diploma ⓘ
shortNameDerivedFrom month of its promulgation ⓘ
signedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
subjectMatter imperial–provincial relations ⓘ
legislative powers ⓘ
state organization ⓘ
year 1861 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ausgleich → precededBy → February Patent ⓘ
December Constitution of 1867 → follows → February Patent ⓘ
Austrian December Constitution → follows → February Patent ⓘ
October Diploma → followedBy → February Patent ⓘ