Duke's Laws
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Duke's Laws were a 17th-century legal code that served as the first comprehensive system of English law for the colony of New York under the Duke of York's authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Duke's Laws canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duke's Laws Context triple: [Richard Nicolls, issued, Duke's Laws]
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A.
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law is a British historical legal drama television series that follows the pioneering 18th-century barrister William Garrow as he challenges the injustices of the Georgian legal system.
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B.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
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C.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Clara Kimball Young, adapted from Robert W. Chambers’ novel of the same name.
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D.
Stone's Rules
Stone's Rules is a political strategy and self-help book by longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, outlining his controversial maxims for power, persuasion, and survival in politics and life.
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E.
Nunuku’s Law
Nunuku’s Law is a foundational Moriori pacifist code that forbids warfare and violence, shaping the community’s identity and social conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Duke's Laws Target entity description: Duke's Laws were a 17th-century legal code that served as the first comprehensive system of English law for the colony of New York under the Duke of York's authority.
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A.
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law is a British historical legal drama television series that follows the pioneering 18th-century barrister William Garrow as he challenges the injustices of the Georgian legal system.
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B.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a foundational 1881 legal treatise by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. that profoundly shaped American legal realism and modern understandings of judge-made law.
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C.
The Common Law
The Common Law is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Clara Kimball Young, adapted from Robert W. Chambers’ novel of the same name.
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D.
Stone's Rules
Stone's Rules is a political strategy and self-help book by longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, outlining his controversial maxims for power, persuasion, and survival in politics and life.
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E.
Nunuku’s Law
Nunuku’s Law is a foundational Moriori pacifist code that forbids warfare and violence, shaping the community’s identity and social conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial law code
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legal code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
church regulation
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ inheritance ⓘ local government ⓘ marriage regulation ⓘ morality regulation ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Long Island
ⓘ
New York ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ Westchester ⓘ
linked to:
Westchester County, New York
|
| appliesToPopulation |
Dutch inhabitants under English rule
ⓘ
English settlers in New York ⓘ Indigenous inhabitants under English jurisdiction ⓘ |
| country |
Colony of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York Colony
|
| dateOfFirstPromulgation | March 1665 ⓘ |
| describedAs | first comprehensive system of English law for New York ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Governor Richard Nicolls ⓘ |
| followedBy | later provincial statutes of New York ⓘ |
| follows | English common law ⓘ |
| governs |
appointment of local officials
ⓘ
courts and judicial procedures in colonial New York ⓘ public order and punishments ⓘ taxation and public charges ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | colonial statute law ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to extend English legal norms to New York
ⓘ
to standardize law in the Duke of York's territory ⓘ |
| inception | 1665 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | authority of the Duke of York ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPromulgation |
Hempstead, Long Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Hempstead, New York
|
| namedAfter |
James, Duke of York
ⓘ
linked to:
Duke of York
|
| partOf | early English colonial administration in New York ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Governor Richard Nicolls ⓘ |
| regulates |
church attendance
ⓘ
jury trials ⓘ liquor sales ⓘ militia service ⓘ relations with Indigenous peoples ⓘ town meetings ⓘ |
| replaced | Dutch legal practices in New Netherland ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | late 17th century ⓘ |
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