Coggs v Bernard
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Coggs v Bernard is a landmark 1703 English contract and bailment law case, chiefly remembered for Lord Holt’s influential judgment clarifying the duties and liabilities of gratuitous bailees.
All labels observed (1)
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| Coggs v Bernard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19708476 — 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: Coggs v Bernard Context triple: [Sir John Holt, notableCase, Coggs v Bernard]
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A.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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B.
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien is a leading 1993 House of Lords decision in English law that established key principles on undue influence and a bank’s duty of inquiry when taking security over a family home.
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C.
Somerset v Stewart
Somerset v Stewart was a landmark 1772 English court case that effectively declared slavery unsupported by English common law, becoming a pivotal moment in the British abolitionist movement.
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D.
Henry v. Hodges
Henry v. Hodges is a federal court case challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, decided alongside other landmark marriage equality cases prior to Obergefell v. Hodges.
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E.
S.S. Wimbledon case
The S.S. Wimbledon case was a landmark 1923 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the limits of state sovereignty under international treaty obligations, particularly regarding freedom of navigation through the Kiel Canal.
- 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: Coggs v Bernard Target entity description: Coggs v Bernard is a landmark 1703 English contract and bailment law case, chiefly remembered for Lord Holt’s influential judgment clarifying the duties and liabilities of gratuitous bailees.
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A.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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B.
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien
Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien is a leading 1993 House of Lords decision in English law that established key principles on undue influence and a bank’s duty of inquiry when taking security over a family home.
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C.
Somerset v Stewart
Somerset v Stewart was a landmark 1772 English court case that effectively declared slavery unsupported by English common law, becoming a pivotal moment in the British abolitionist movement.
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D.
Henry v. Hodges
Henry v. Hodges is a federal court case challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, decided alongside other landmark marriage equality cases prior to Obergefell v. Hodges.
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E.
S.S. Wimbledon case
The S.S. Wimbledon case was a landmark 1923 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the limits of state sovereignty under international treaty obligations, particularly regarding freedom of navigation through the Kiel Canal.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.