Western Pacific Order in Council 1877

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The Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 was a British imperial legal instrument that established administrative and judicial authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific, including the office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial legal instrument ⓘ
Order in Council ⓘ
aimedAt regulating trade and interactions involving British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ
appliesTo British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ
islands and territories in the Western Pacific not otherwise under formal British colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Western Pacific ⓘ
concerns extraterritorial jurisdiction over British subjects ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdOffice High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
defines jurisdictional limits of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
powers of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
enactedBy British Crown in Council ⓘ
linked to: the King-in-Council
established office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
follows British imperial policy in the Pacific ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegalForm subordinate legislation ⓘ
hasPurpose to establish administrative authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ
to establish judicial authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ
legalBasisFor jurisdiction of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ⓘ
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
partOf British imperial administration in the Pacific ⓘ
regulates conduct of British subjects in the Western Pacific ⓘ
relatedTo British colonial governance in Oceania ⓘ
High Commission of the Western Pacific ⓘ
subjectOf British colonial legal history ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → legalBasis → Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ
British Western Pacific Territories → establishedBy → Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ
British Western Pacific Territories → reorganizedBy → Western Pacific Orders in Council ⓘ
linked to: Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
Western Pacific High Commission → legalBasis → Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ
linked to: Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
Resident Commissioners → legalBasis → British Orders in Council establishing the Western Pacific High Commission ⓘ
linked to: Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
Western Pacific High Commission → hasLegalBasis → Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ
subject linked to: WPHC
linked to: Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
High Commission of the Western Pacific → legalBasis → Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 ⓘ