Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers

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French statute constitutional law foundational law of the French Third Republic

The Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers is a foundational statute of France’s Third Republic that structured the main republican institutions and defined the distribution of powers between them.

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Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers canonical	2
Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the organization of public powers	1
Loi constitutionnelle du 25 février 1875 relative à l’organisation des pouvoirs publics	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7479263 — 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: Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers
Context triple: [Constitutional Laws of 1875, composedOf, Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers]

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B. French Constitution of 1795
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C. Constitution of 4 November 1848
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D. Organic Law of the Legislative Function
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E. Provisional Constitutional Regulation of 1812
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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: Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers
Target entity description: The Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers is a foundational statute of France’s Third Republic that structured the main republican institutions and defined the distribution of powers between them.

A. Constitution of 16 April 1871
The Constitution of 16 April 1871 was the foundational legal charter of the German Empire, establishing its federal structure, institutions, and the powers of the Kaiser and Reichstag.
B. French Constitution of 1795
The French Constitution of 1795 was the post-Terror republican charter that established the Directory government and marked a conservative phase of the French Revolution.
C. Constitution of 4 November 1848
The Constitution of 4 November 1848 was the foundational charter of the French Second Republic, establishing a democratic regime with universal male suffrage and a powerful elected president.
D. Organic Law of the Legislative Function
The Organic Law of the Legislative Function is the principal statute that defines the structure, powers, and procedures of Ecuador’s National Assembly and regulates how the country’s legislative branch operates.
E. Provisional Constitutional Regulation of 1812
The Provisional Constitutional Regulation of 1812 was an early Chilean constitutional charter that organized political authority and governance during the independence-era period known as the Patria Vieja.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French statute ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ foundational law of the French Third Republic ⓘ
abrogated	by the Constitution of 27 October 1946 ⓘ
aimedTo	reconcile monarchist and republican forces in France ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Loi constitutionnelle du 25 février 1875 relative à l’organisation des pouvoirs publics ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers
cameIntoForceIn	1875 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
createdBody	National Assembly of the French Third Republic (joint meeting of both chambers for constitutional revision) ⓘ linked to: National Assembly of the early Third Republic
dateOfEnactment	1875-02-25 ⓘ
definedDistributionOfPowersBetween	President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) and Parliament ⓘ executive branch of the French Third Republic ⓘ legislative branch of the French Third Republic ⓘ
definedRoleOf	Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic ⓘ Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of France Parliament of the French Third Republic ⓘ linked to: Parliament of France President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) ⓘ linked to: President of the French Republic
establishedInstitution	Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic ⓘ Council of Ministers of the French Third Republic ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of France President of the Republic of France (Third Republic) ⓘ linked to: President of the French Republic
followedBy	Constitutional Law of 16 July 1875 on the Relations of the Public Powers ⓘ Constitutional Law of 24 February 1875 on the Senate ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Law of 24 February 1875 on the Organization of the Senate
historicalPeriod	French Third Republic ⓘ
influencedBy	parliamentary monarchy models of the 19th century ⓘ
inForceUntil	1946 ⓘ
languageOfDocument	French ⓘ
legalNature	rigid constitution adopted by ordinary legislative procedure but endowed with constitutional rank ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutional norm with higher legal force than ordinary statutes ⓘ
legalSystem	French Third Republic ⓘ
partOf	Constitutional Laws of 1875 ⓘ
precededBy	French constitutional laws of 1871–1873 ⓘ
providedFor	collective responsibility of ministers to Parliament ⓘ individual ministerial responsibility ⓘ parliamentary sessions and procedures ⓘ presidential power to appoint ministers ⓘ presidential power to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies with Senate’s consent ⓘ presidential power to promulgate laws ⓘ procedure for constitutional revision by the National Assembly (Chamber of Deputies and Senate meeting together) ⓘ responsible parliamentary government ⓘ rules on countersignature of presidential acts ⓘ rules on incompatibility of ministerial and parliamentary offices ⓘ rules on succession to the presidency ⓘ
subjectMatter	distribution of powers between executive and legislature ⓘ functioning of Parliament under the Third Republic ⓘ organization of public powers in France ⓘ status and powers of ministers ⓘ status and powers of the President of the Republic ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Constitutional Laws of 1875 → composedOf → Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers ⓘ

French Third Republic constitution → composedOf → Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers ⓘ

Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers → alsoKnownAs → Loi constitutionnelle du 25 février 1875 relative à l’organisation des pouvoirs publics ⓘ

linked to: Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the Organization of Public Powers

National Assembly of the early Third Republic → notableAct → Constitutional Law of 25 February 1875 on the organization of public powers ⓘ