Ley Lerdo

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Ley Lerdo was a mid-19th-century Mexican law that forced the sale of corporate and church-held lands to promote private property and weaken ecclesiastical and communal economic power, playing a key role in the liberal reforms leading up to the Reform War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican law ⓘ
liberal reform law ⓘ
affects Catholic religious orders in Mexico ⓘ
indigenous communities in Mexico ⓘ
municipal corporations in Mexico ⓘ
aimedAt Catholic Church in Mexico ⓘ
indigenous communal landholding systems ⓘ
appliesTo church-held lands ⓘ
communal lands ⓘ
corporate lands ⓘ
consequence disruption of indigenous communal land tenure ⓘ
expansion of private landownership ⓘ
increased land concentration among elites ⓘ
reduction of church economic power in Mexico ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance key step in secularization of property in Mexico ⓘ
major cause of tensions leading to the Reform War ⓘ
ideology Mexican liberalism ⓘ
implementedBy liberal government of Mexico ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain land law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
legalEffect disentailment of corporate property ⓘ
forced sale of church-held lands ⓘ
forced sale of corporate lands ⓘ
legalStatus historical law ⓘ
legislativeBody Congress of Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter Miguel Lerdo de Tejada ⓘ
officialName Ley de Desamortización de Fincas Rústicas y Urbanas de las Corporaciones Civiles y Religiosas ⓘ
linked to: Ley Lerdo
opposedBy conservative factions in Mexico ⓘ
partOf La Reforma ⓘ
linked to: Guerra de Reforma

Mexican liberal Reform Laws ⓘ
policyType agrarian reform ⓘ
disentailment law ⓘ
purpose break up corporate landholdings ⓘ
promote private property ⓘ
weaken communal economic power ⓘ
weaken ecclesiastical economic power ⓘ
region Mexican Republic ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
relatedEvent Reform War ⓘ
shortName Ley Lerdo ⓘ
supportedBy Mexican liberals ⓘ
theme modernization of land tenure in Mexico ⓘ
separation of church and state in Mexico ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reform War → relatedLaw → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
La Reforma → hasPart → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
Ley Juárez → followedBy → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
Ley Iglesias → relatedTo → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
Reform Laws → hasPart → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
Reform Laws → hasPart → Ley de Nacionalización de Bienes Eclesiásticos ⓘ
linked to: Ley Lerdo
Ley Lerdo → officialName → Ley de Desamortización de Fincas Rústicas y Urbanas de las Corporaciones Civiles y Religiosas ⓘ
linked to: Ley Lerdo
Ley Lerdo → shortName → Ley Lerdo ⓘ
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada → authorOf → Ley Lerdo ⓘ