Law of Suspects
E114926
The Law of Suspects was a sweeping French Revolutionary decree that enabled the mass arrest and prosecution of perceived enemies of the Revolution during the Reign of Terror.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Law of Suspects canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T968952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Law of Suspects Context triple: [Montagnards, supportedPolicy, Law of Suspects]
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A.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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D.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
The Judgment
"The Judgment" is a short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of authority, guilt, and the fraught relationship between a son and his domineering father.
- 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: Law of Suspects Target entity description: The Law of Suspects was a sweeping French Revolutionary decree that enabled the mass arrest and prosecution of perceived enemies of the Revolution during the Reign of Terror.
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A.
Criminal Chambers
Criminal Chambers are specialized judicial bodies within the Supreme Court of Peru responsible for adjudicating serious criminal cases and interpreting criminal law at the highest level.
-
B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
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D.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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E.
The Judgment
"The Judgment" is a short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of authority, guilt, and the fraught relationship between a son and his domineering father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French revolutionary law
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decree ⓘ emergency legislation ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
French Revolution
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Reign of Terror ⓘ |
| approximateEndOfUse | 1794 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1793-09-17 ⓘ |
| definedCategory |
emigrés and their relatives
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enemies of liberty ⓘ former nobles not demonstrating attachment to the Revolution ⓘ officials dismissed or suspended from public functions ⓘ persons denied civic certificates of good citizenship ⓘ persons who could not justify their means of existence ⓘ persons who had shown themselves partisans of tyranny ⓘ suspects ⓘ |
| enforcementBody |
Committee of General Security
ⓘ
linked to:
Committee of Public Safety
Committee of Public Safety ⓘ local revolutionary committees ⓘ |
| historicalConsequence |
contributed to climate of fear and denunciation
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contributed to the Reign of Terror ⓘ enabled large-scale political purges ⓘ increased number of political prisoners ⓘ undermined rule of law in revolutionary France ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
defense of the Revolution
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popular sovereignty ⓘ revolutionary vigilance ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
authorized mass arrests
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enabled preventive detention ⓘ expanded definition of political crime ⓘ facilitated use of Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ weakened legal protections for the accused ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | National Convention ⓘ |
| politicalContext | radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| politicalFactionSupport | Montagnards ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
enable arrest of suspected counter-revolutionaries
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identify enemies of the Revolution ⓘ strengthen revolutionary government security ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
extraordinary justice
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political repression ⓘ state terror ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution |
Revolutionary Tribunal
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revolutionary committees of surveillance ⓘ
linked to:
Committee of Public Safety
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| relatedLegislation |
Law of 22 Prairial
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Law of the Maximum ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
clergy
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nobility ⓘ perceived counter-revolutionaries ⓘ suspected federalists ⓘ suspected royalists ⓘ |
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Subject: Law of Suspects Description of subject: The Law of Suspects was a sweeping French Revolutionary decree that enabled the mass arrest and prosecution of perceived enemies of the Revolution during the Reign of Terror.
Referenced by (7)
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