colonial governor (de jure)

C36788
concept

A colonial governor (de jure) is the legally recognized official appointed or authorized by a sovereign state to exercise formal governing authority over a colony, regardless of their actual ability to enforce that authority in practice.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
colonial governor (de jure) canonical 1
colonial governor of Maryland 1
colonial governor of Virginia 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: colonial governor (de jure)
Generated description
A colonial governor (de jure) is the legally recognized official appointed or authorized by a sovereign state to exercise formal governing authority over a colony, regardless of their actual ability to enforce that authority in practice.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Lord Proprietor of Maryland
Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore colonial governor of Maryland
Dunmore County
surface form: John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
colonial governor of Virginia
Governor Intendant of Córdoba del Tucumán governor-intendant
Governor-General of Belgium colonial-style administrative title