Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice

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book legal treatise parliamentary authority reference work

Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice is the authoritative reference work on the law, procedures, and conventions of the UK Parliament, particularly the House of Commons.

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Label	Occurrences
Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice canonical	3
A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament	2
Erskine May	1
May’s Parliamentary Practice	1
his parliamentary treatise became known simply as "Erskine May"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T827974 — 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.

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Target entity: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
Context triple: [Standing Orders of the House of Commons, relatedTo, Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice]

A. Standing Orders of the House of Lords
The Standing Orders of the House of Lords are the formal written rules that govern the procedures, conduct, and internal operations of the United Kingdom’s upper parliamentary chamber.
B. Standing Orders of the House of Commons
The Standing Orders of the House of Commons are the formal written rules that regulate the procedures, debates, and conduct of business in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.
C. Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom
The Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom is a set of ethical and procedural rules that governs the conduct, responsibilities, and standards of behavior expected of government ministers.
D. Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are key UK constitutional statutes that limit the House of Lords’ power to block legislation, enabling certain bills to become law without its consent.
E. Estates of Parliament
The Estates of Parliament was the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland before the 1707 Acts of Union, comprising representatives of the clergy, nobility, and burghs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
Target entity description: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice is the authoritative reference work on the law, procedures, and conventions of the UK Parliament, particularly the House of Commons.

A. Standing Orders of the House of Lords
The Standing Orders of the House of Lords are the formal written rules that govern the procedures, conduct, and internal operations of the United Kingdom’s upper parliamentary chamber.
B. Standing Orders of the House of Commons
The Standing Orders of the House of Commons are the formal written rules that regulate the procedures, debates, and conduct of business in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.
C. Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom
The Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom is a set of ethical and procedural rules that governs the conduct, responsibilities, and standards of behavior expected of government ministers.
D. Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are key UK constitutional statutes that limit the House of Lords’ power to block legislation, enabling certain bills to become law without its consent.
E. Estates of Parliament
The Estates of Parliament was the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland before the 1707 Acts of Union, comprising representatives of the clergy, nobility, and burghs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ legal treatise ⓘ parliamentary authority ⓘ reference work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Erskine May ⓘ linked to: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice May’s Parliamentary Practice ⓘ linked to: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
appliesTo	House of Commons ⓘ linked to: House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Lords ⓘ
author	Thomas Erskine May ⓘ
citedAs	authoritative source in parliamentary rulings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
covers	committee procedure ⓘ conduct of debates ⓘ financial procedure in Parliament ⓘ legislative process in Parliament ⓘ parliamentary privilege ⓘ role of the Speaker ⓘ standing orders of the House of Commons ⓘ linked to: Standing Orders of the House of Commons
describedAs	authoritative guide to parliamentary practice ⓘ authoritative reference work on UK parliamentary procedure ⓘ
field	parliamentary studies ⓘ public law ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear	1844 ⓘ
focusesOn	conventions of Parliament ⓘ law of Parliament ⓘ practice of Parliament ⓘ
hasEditionCount	26 ⓘ
hasOnlineVersion	yes ⓘ
influenced	practice of Commonwealth parliaments ⓘ
isNamedAfter	Thomas Erskine May ⓘ
isUpdated	periodically ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
latestEditionNumber	25 ⓘ
latestEditionPublicationYear	2019 ⓘ
onlineAccess	subscription ⓘ
originalTitle	A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament ⓘ linked to: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
publisher	Butterworths ⓘ linked to: Sweet & Maxwell LexisNexis ⓘ
subject	House of Commons procedure ⓘ linked to: Standing Orders of the House of Commons House of Lords procedure ⓘ United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ linked to: British Parliament constitutional law ⓘ parliamentary procedure ⓘ
usedAs	procedural authority by the Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
usedBy	Clerks of the House of Commons ⓘ linked to: Clerk of the Parliament Members of Parliament ⓘ parliamentary lawyers ⓘ parliamentary officials ⓘ

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