Foakes v Beer
E1580239
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Foakes v Beer is a landmark 1884 English contract law case establishing that part payment of a debt does not discharge the whole debt without fresh consideration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foakes v Beer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23300926 — 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: Foakes v Beer Context triple: [D & C Builders Ltd v Rees, appliesPrecedent, Foakes v Beer]
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A.
Beer v. United States
Beer v. United States is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that defined the “non-retrogression” standard for evaluating changes to voting laws under the Voting Rights Act.
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B.
Brewer v. Williams
Brewer v. Williams is a landmark 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel protections during police interrogations, particularly regarding the admissibility of statements deliberately elicited from an indicted defendant in the absence of counsel.
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C.
Keeble v Hickeringill
Keeble v Hickeringill is an early 18th-century English common law case famous for establishing that malicious interference with another’s lawful use of their land, such as scaring away ducks from a decoy pond, can give rise to an action for damages.
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D.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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E.
Stack v. Boyle
Stack v. Boyle is a 1951 U.S. Supreme Court case that established constitutional limits on excessive bail in the context of prosecutions under the Smith Act.
- 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: Foakes v Beer Target entity description: Foakes v Beer is a landmark 1884 English contract law case establishing that part payment of a debt does not discharge the whole debt without fresh consideration.
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A.
Beer v. United States
Beer v. United States is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that defined the “non-retrogression” standard for evaluating changes to voting laws under the Voting Rights Act.
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B.
Brewer v. Williams
Brewer v. Williams is a landmark 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel protections during police interrogations, particularly regarding the admissibility of statements deliberately elicited from an indicted defendant in the absence of counsel.
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C.
Keeble v Hickeringill
Keeble v Hickeringill is an early 18th-century English common law case famous for establishing that malicious interference with another’s lawful use of their land, such as scaring away ducks from a decoy pond, can give rise to an action for damages.
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D.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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E.
Stack v. Boyle
Stack v. Boyle is a 1951 U.S. Supreme Court case that established constitutional limits on excessive bail in the context of prosecutions under the Smith Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.