Westminster II
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Westminster II is a significant English statute enacted in 1285 under King Edward I that reformed feudal land law and civil procedure, including the famous clause De donis conditionalibus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Westminster I | 1 |
| Westminster II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10847583 — 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: Westminster II Context triple: [Statute of Westminster 1285, alsoKnownAs, Westminster II]
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A.
Canons of Windsor
The Canons of Windsor are the clergy members of the College of St George at Windsor Castle, responsible for the spiritual life and worship of St George’s Chapel.
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B.
Canon of Westminster
A Canon of Westminster is a senior cleric of the Church of England serving on the governing body of Westminster Abbey, responsible for its worship, administration, and spiritual life.
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C.
Alexandrina Council
Alexandrina Council is a local government area in South Australia that administers a mix of coastal, river, and rural communities, including the historic town of Goolwa.
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D.
Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly was a 17th-century council of English and Scottish theologians that produced foundational Reformed confessional documents such as the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.
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E.
Westminster Convention (1756)
The Westminster Convention of 1756 was an Anglo-Prussian diplomatic agreement that realigned traditional alliances in Europe and helped inaugurate the Diplomatic Revolution on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
- 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: Westminster II Target entity description: Westminster II is a significant English statute enacted in 1285 under King Edward I that reformed feudal land law and civil procedure, including the famous clause De donis conditionalibus.
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A.
Canons of Windsor
The Canons of Windsor are the clergy members of the College of St George at Windsor Castle, responsible for the spiritual life and worship of St George’s Chapel.
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B.
Canon of Westminster
A Canon of Westminster is a senior cleric of the Church of England serving on the governing body of Westminster Abbey, responsible for its worship, administration, and spiritual life.
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C.
Alexandrina Council
Alexandrina Council is a local government area in South Australia that administers a mix of coastal, river, and rural communities, including the historic town of Goolwa.
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D.
Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly was a 17th-century council of English and Scottish theologians that produced foundational Reformed confessional documents such as the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.
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E.
Westminster Convention (1756)
The Westminster Convention of 1756 was an Anglo-Prussian diplomatic agreement that realigned traditional alliances in Europe and helped inaugurate the Diplomatic Revolution on the eve of the Seven Years’ War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
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English statute ⓘ medieval legal text ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
freeholders
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lords of manors ⓘ tenants in fee tail ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of England ⓘ |
| enactedInYear | 1285 ⓘ |
| enactedUnderMonarch | Edward I of England ⓘ |
| follows |
Westminster I
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linked to:
Westminster II
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Second Statute of Westminster
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linked to:
Statutes of Westminster
Statute of Westminster II ⓘ
linked to:
Statute of Westminster 1931
|
| hasClause | De donis conditionalibus ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
development of the law of entail
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influence on common law jurisdictions ⓘ influence on later English property law ⓘ restriction of alienation of entailed land ⓘ strengthening of hereditary landholding ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
doctrine of entail in common law
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landed aristocracy’s control of estates ⓘ later English statutes on property ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Latin
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Law French ⓘ Middle English ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | historical statute ⓘ |
| hasLocationOfEnactment | Westminster ⓘ |
| hasNotableProvision |
creation of fee tail estates
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provisions on dower ⓘ provisions on waste by tenants ⓘ regulation of writs of entry ⓘ rules on mort d’ancestor ⓘ rules on novel disseisin ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
reform of civil procedure
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reform of feudal land tenure ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Statutes of Westminster ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval English common law ⓘ |
| regulates |
civil procedure
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entails ⓘ feudal land law ⓘ inheritance of land ⓘ real property law ⓘ remedies for wrongs ⓘ writs in common law ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Westminster II Description of subject: Westminster II is a significant English statute enacted in 1285 under King Edward I that reformed feudal land law and civil procedure, including the famous clause De donis conditionalibus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Westminster II