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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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