Scottish feudal system
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The Scottish feudal system was a hierarchical medieval landholding and governance structure in Scotland, based on the granting of land in return for military and other services to overlords and ultimately the Crown.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scottish feudal system canonical | 3 |
| Scottish feudal barony system | 2 |
| Scots feudal law | 1 |
| Scottish feudal nobility | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18918364 — 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: Scottish feudal system Context triple: [Scottish feudal host, partOf, Scottish feudal system]
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Scottish feudal host
The Scottish feudal host was the medieval levy of nobles, their retainers, and common soldiers summoned by the king of Scotland for military service.
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B.
Medieval Scotland
Medieval Scotland was the historical kingdom that emerged in the early Middle Ages and developed into a distinct feudal monarchy with its own legal, cultural, and political institutions prior to the early modern period.
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C.
Norman law
Norman law is the body of medieval legal customs and principles developed in the Duchy of Normandy that significantly shaped the legal systems of Normandy’s successor territories and parts of Western Europe.
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D.
Stonelaw
Stonelaw is a residential neighbourhood within the town of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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E.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
- 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: Scottish feudal system Target entity description: The Scottish feudal system was a hierarchical medieval landholding and governance structure in Scotland, based on the granting of land in return for military and other services to overlords and ultimately the Crown.
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A.
Scottish feudal host
The Scottish feudal host was the medieval levy of nobles, their retainers, and common soldiers summoned by the king of Scotland for military service.
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B.
Medieval Scotland
Medieval Scotland was the historical kingdom that emerged in the early Middle Ages and developed into a distinct feudal monarchy with its own legal, cultural, and political institutions prior to the early modern period.
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C.
Norman law
Norman law is the body of medieval legal customs and principles developed in the Duchy of Normandy that significantly shaped the legal systems of Normandy’s successor territories and parts of Western Europe.
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D.
Stonelaw
Stonelaw is a residential neighbourhood within the town of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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E.
Three Estates of Scotland
The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Scottish feudal system
linked to: Scottish feudal system