Kandyan law
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Kandyan law is a traditional legal system of Sri Lanka that governed the highland Kandyan Kingdom, particularly in matters of marriage, inheritance, and customary rights.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandyan law canonical | 2 |
| Kandyan customary law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13479789 — 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: Kandyan law Context triple: [Kandyan kings, legalSystem, Kandyan law]
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A.
Courts of Requests of Ceylon
The Courts of Requests of Ceylon were lower-level colonial civil courts in British-era Ceylon that primarily handled small claims and minor civil disputes.
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B.
Karbi customary law
Karbi customary law is the traditional legal and social code of the Karbi people of Northeast India, rooted in indigenous beliefs, clan structures, and ritual practices.
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C.
Kandyan massa
Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
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D.
Kandyan aristocracy
The Kandyan aristocracy was the hereditary noble class of the former Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, wielding significant political, military, and landholding power, especially during the transition to British colonial rule.
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E.
Muslim courts in Ceylon
Muslim courts in Ceylon were specialized judicial bodies that applied Islamic law to personal and family matters among the island’s Muslim community during the period of Ceylon’s separate legal system.
- 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: Kandyan law Target entity description: Kandyan law is a traditional legal system of Sri Lanka that governed the highland Kandyan Kingdom, particularly in matters of marriage, inheritance, and customary rights.
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A.
Courts of Requests of Ceylon
The Courts of Requests of Ceylon were lower-level colonial civil courts in British-era Ceylon that primarily handled small claims and minor civil disputes.
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B.
Karbi customary law
Karbi customary law is the traditional legal and social code of the Karbi people of Northeast India, rooted in indigenous beliefs, clan structures, and ritual practices.
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C.
Kandyan massa
Kandyan massa was a traditional coin used as a monetary unit in the historical Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
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D.
Kandyan aristocracy
The Kandyan aristocracy was the hereditary noble class of the former Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka, wielding significant political, military, and landholding power, especially during the transition to British colonial rule.
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E.
Muslim courts in Ceylon
Muslim courts in Ceylon were specialized judicial bodies that applied Islamic law to personal and family matters among the island’s Muslim community during the period of Ceylon’s separate legal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customary law
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | courts in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| appliesToGroup | Kandyan Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToMatter |
non-consanguineous marriage
ⓘ
polygynous marriage (historically) ⓘ separation of property between spouses ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion |
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToReligion | primarily Buddhist communities ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Kandyan Marriage and Divorce Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various colonial-era ordinances ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Muslim personal law in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law NERFINISHED ⓘ Tesawalamai law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| distinguishesBetween | ancestral property and acquired property ⓘ |
| field |
customary rights
ⓘ
family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| governed |
adoption
ⓘ
divorce ⓘ dowry ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage ⓘ property rights ⓘ succession ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
binna marriage
ⓘ
diga marriage ⓘ |
| hasSource |
customary practices transmitted orally
ⓘ
royal decrees of Kandyan kings ⓘ |
| historicalInfluenceOn | modern Sri Lankan family law ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Kandyan Kingdom era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist customs
ⓘ
Sinhalese customary practices ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Kandyan provinces (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | personal law ⓘ |
| legalSystemOf | Kandyan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalTradition | South Asian customary law ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kandyan Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| statusAfterColonialPeriod | partially retained ⓘ |
| statusAfterIndependence | continues as a form of personal law ⓘ |
| typeOfInheritanceSystem | customary inheritance GENERATED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kandyan law Description of subject: Kandyan law is a traditional legal system of Sri Lanka that governed the highland Kandyan Kingdom, particularly in matters of marriage, inheritance, and customary rights.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kandyan customary law