Ordonnance civile de 1667

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French royal ordinance legal text source of law

Ordonnance civile de 1667 is a major 17th-century French royal ordinance that reformed and standardized civil procedure under Louis XIV, forming a key foundation of modern French civil law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ordonnance civile de 1667 canonical	2
réformes judiciaires de Louis XIV	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T987194 — 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: Ordonnance civile de 1667
Context triple: [Code Louis, hasAlternativeName, Ordonnance civile de 1667]

A. Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes was a 1598 royal decree by King Henry IV of France that granted substantial civil rights and limited religious freedom to French Protestants, helping to end the French Wars of Religion.
B. Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a 1790 law of the French Revolution that radically reorganized the Catholic Church in France under state control, sparking deep religious and political conflict.
C. royal edict of Louis XVI
The royal edict of Louis XVI was the formal decree issued by the French king that convened the Estates-General in 1789, a key event leading to the French Revolution.
D. Law of 22 Prairial
The Law of 22 Prairial was a radical decree during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror that streamlined Revolutionary Tribunal procedures, curtailed defendants’ rights, and greatly expanded the use of the guillotine against perceived enemies of the Republic.
E. French Constitution of 1795
The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.
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: Ordonnance civile de 1667
Target entity description: Ordonnance civile de 1667 is a major 17th-century French royal ordinance that reformed and standardized civil procedure under Louis XIV, forming a key foundation of modern French civil law.

A. Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes was a 1598 royal decree by King Henry IV of France that granted substantial civil rights and limited religious freedom to French Protestants, helping to end the French Wars of Religion.
B. Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a 1790 law of the French Revolution that radically reorganized the Catholic Church in France under state control, sparking deep religious and political conflict.
C. royal edict of Louis XVI
The royal edict of Louis XVI was the formal decree issued by the French king that convened the Estates-General in 1789, a key event leading to the French Revolution.
D. Law of 22 Prairial
The Law of 22 Prairial was a radical decree during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror that streamlined Revolutionary Tribunal procedures, curtailed defendants’ rights, and greatly expanded the use of the guillotine against perceived enemies of the Republic.
E. French Constitution of 1795
The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French royal ordinance ⓘ legal text ⓘ source of law ⓘ
aimsTo	reform administration of justice ⓘ standardize civil procedure in France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Code Louis ⓘ Ordonnance civile touchant la réformation de la justice ⓘ
appliesTo	civil justice ⓘ civil procedure ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
follows	Ordonnance de Moulins ⓘ Ordonnance de Villers-Cotterêts ⓘ linked to: Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts
hasEffect	greater formalization of written procedure ⓘ reduction of local customary variations in procedure ⓘ strengthening of royal control over justice ⓘ unification of procedural rules across French provinces ⓘ
hasPart	articles ⓘ titles ⓘ
hasSubject	appeals ⓘ civil courts ⓘ competence of courts ⓘ conciliation attempts ⓘ costs of proceedings ⓘ court registers ⓘ default judgments ⓘ discipline of officers of justice ⓘ enforcement of judgments ⓘ execution against property ⓘ expert reports ⓘ formalities of judgments ⓘ judicial organization ⓘ judicial records ⓘ jurisdictional conflicts ⓘ nullities of procedure ⓘ oaths ⓘ prescription ⓘ procedure in first instance ⓘ procedure on appeal ⓘ production of documents ⓘ publication of ordinances ⓘ publicity of judgments ⓘ registration of acts ⓘ role of judges ⓘ role of parties ⓘ rules of evidence ⓘ seizure of goods ⓘ service of process ⓘ time limits in procedure ⓘ witness testimony ⓘ written pleadings ⓘ written procedure ⓘ
influenced	Code de procédure civile de 1806 ⓘ linked to: French Code of Civil Procedure French civil procedure ⓘ continental civil procedure ⓘ modern French civil law ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legalStatus	fundamental text of Ancien Régime civil procedure ⓘ
legalSystem	Ancien Régime law ⓘ
partOf	reforms of Louis XIV ⓘ
promulgatedBy	French Crown ⓘ Louis XIV ⓘ linked to: Louis XIV of France
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ