civil code of Chile

E193252

Chilean legislation civil code codification of private law

The Civil Code of Chile is a foundational body of private law that systematically regulates civil relationships such as property, contracts, family, and obligations within the Chilean legal system.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Chilean Civil Code	4
Civil Code of Chile	3
Código Civil de Chile	2
Book I of the Chilean Civil Code	1
Book I of the Civil Code of Chile	1
Book III of the Chilean Civil Code	1
Chilean civil law	1
civil code of Chile canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1733791 — 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: civil code of Chile
Context triple: [Judicial branch of Chile, applies, civil code of Chile]

A. Law of National Monuments of Chile
The Law of National Monuments of Chile is the primary legal framework that regulates the protection, conservation, and management of the country’s cultural, historical, and archaeological heritage.
B. Constitution of Chile
The Constitution of Chile is the supreme legal framework that defines the structure, powers, and limits of the Chilean state and guarantees the fundamental rights of its citizens.
C. Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
D. Constitutional Court of Chile
The Constitutional Court of Chile is the country's highest body for constitutional review, responsible for ensuring that laws and government actions comply with the Chilean Constitution.
E. Supreme Court of Chile
The Supreme Court of Chile is the country's highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the final court of appeal in the Chilean legal system.
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: civil code of Chile
Target entity description: The Civil Code of Chile is a foundational body of private law that systematically regulates civil relationships such as property, contracts, family, and obligations within the Chilean legal system.

A. Law of National Monuments of Chile
The Law of National Monuments of Chile is the primary legal framework that regulates the protection, conservation, and management of the country’s cultural, historical, and archaeological heritage.
B. Constitution of Chile
The Constitution of Chile is the supreme legal framework that defines the structure, powers, and limits of the Chilean state and guarantees the fundamental rights of its citizens.
C. Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
D. Constitutional Court of Chile
The Constitutional Court of Chile is the country's highest body for constitutional review, responsible for ensuring that laws and government actions comply with the Chilean Constitution.
E. Supreme Court of Chile
The Supreme Court of Chile is the country's highest judicial authority, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the final court of appeal in the Chilean legal system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chilean legislation ⓘ civil code ⓘ codification of private law ⓘ
appliesTo	legal persons in Chile ⓘ natural persons in Chile ⓘ
codificationMethod	systematic and comprehensive ⓘ
considered	foundational text of Chilean private law ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
effectiveDate	1857-01-01 ⓘ
governs	civil relationships ⓘ private legal relationships ⓘ
hasAmendments	multiple legislative reforms over time ⓘ
hasAuthor	Andrés Bello ⓘ
hasPart	Book I: Of Persons ⓘ Book II: Of Goods and Their Ownership, Possession, Use and Enjoyment ⓘ Book III: Of Successions by Cause of Death and of Donations Between the Living ⓘ Book IV: Of Obligations in General and Contracts ⓘ Preliminary Title ⓘ
influenced	Civil Code of Colombia ⓘ Civil Code of Ecuador ⓘ Civil Code of El Salvador ⓘ Civil Code of Honduras ⓘ Civil Code of Nicaragua ⓘ Civil Code of Venezuela ⓘ civil codes of Latin America ⓘ
influencedBy	Andrés Bello’s comparative studies ⓘ Napoleonic Code ⓘ Roman law ⓘ Spanish law ⓘ canon law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Chile ⓘ linked to: Chile
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem	Chilean legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	civil law ⓘ
primaryField	private law ⓘ
principalDrafter	Andrés Bello ⓘ
promulgationDate	1855-12-14 ⓘ
regulates	civil liability ⓘ contract law ⓘ evidence in civil matters ⓘ family law ⓘ law of obligations ⓘ persons ⓘ prescription ⓘ property law ⓘ real rights ⓘ security interests ⓘ succession law ⓘ
status	in force with amendments ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil law ⓘ private law relationships ⓘ
usedAsModelBy	other Latin American jurisdictions ⓘ

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