Old Frisian law codes
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Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frisian law | 2 |
| Old Frisian law codes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1078891 — 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: Old Frisian law codes Context triple: [Old Frisian, notableCorpus, Old Frisian law codes]
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A.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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B.
Danish Code of 1683
The Danish Code of 1683 is a comprehensive national law code that standardized and modernized the legal system of the Kingdom of Denmark under King Christian V.
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C.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
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D.
Old Frisian
Old Frisian is an early medieval West Germanic language, ancestral to modern Frisian, once spoken along the North Sea coast in what is now the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
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E.
Corpus Juris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.
- 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: Old Frisian law codes Target entity description: Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
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A.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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B.
Danish Code of 1683
The Danish Code of 1683 is a comprehensive national law code that standardized and modernized the legal system of the Kingdom of Denmark under King Christian V.
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C.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
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D.
Old Frisian
Old Frisian is an early medieval West Germanic language, ancestral to modern Frisian, once spoken along the North Sea coast in what is now the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
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E.
Corpus Juris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Frisian literature
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historical legal source ⓘ law code ⓘ medieval legal text corpus ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Frisians ⓘ |
| contains |
land law provisions
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lists of fines ⓘ oath formulas ⓘ penal provisions ⓘ procedural rules ⓘ |
| countryHistorical | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | no longer in force ⓘ |
| language | Old Frisian ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Frisian law
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linked to:
Old Frisian law codes
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| legalTradition | Germanic law ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | medieval Frisian communities ⓘ |
| preserves |
Frisian customary law
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Frisian social hierarchy ⓘ terminology of Old Frisian legal vocabulary ⓘ |
| region |
Frisia
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coastal North Sea area ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lex Frisionum
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Sachsenspiegel ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Germanic legal history
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historical linguistics of Old Frisian ⓘ history of Frisian society ⓘ medieval social history ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Germanic philology
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legal history ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| subject |
communal self-government
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criminal law ⓘ customary law ⓘ feudal relations ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ marriage law ⓘ oath-taking ⓘ ordeals ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ social structure ⓘ wergild tariffs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Frisian judges
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local assemblies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dispute resolution
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regulation of social conduct ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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linked to:
Latin alphabet
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Frisian law codes Description of subject: Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Old Frisian law codes
linked to: Old Frisian law codes