Buggery Act 1533
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The Buggery Act 1533 was an English law enacted under Henry VIII that made certain same-sex and non-procreative sexual acts capital offenses, marking one of the earliest comprehensive sodomy statutes in English legal history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Buggery Act 1533 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23378637 — 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: Buggery Act 1533 Context triple: [Labouchere Amendment, relatedTo, Buggery Act 1533]
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A.
Non-Intercourse Act of 1809
The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 was a U.S. law that lifted the general trade embargo but continued to prohibit American commerce with Britain and France in an effort to pressure them to respect U.S. neutral rights before the War of 1812.
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B.
Sexual Offences Act 1967
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 was a landmark UK law that partially decriminalised homosexual acts between consenting adult men in private in England and Wales.
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C.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
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D.
Witchcraft Act 1563
The Witchcraft Act 1563 was an English law enacted under Queen Elizabeth I that criminalized various forms of witchcraft and sorcery, reflecting contemporary fears of magic and the supernatural.
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E.
Marriage Act 1753
Marriage Act 1753 was a landmark British law that standardized and restricted the formalities of marriage in England and Wales, helping to curb clandestine and irregular unions.
- 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: Buggery Act 1533 Target entity description: The Buggery Act 1533 was an English law enacted under Henry VIII that made certain same-sex and non-procreative sexual acts capital offenses, marking one of the earliest comprehensive sodomy statutes in English legal history.
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A.
Non-Intercourse Act of 1809
The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 was a U.S. law that lifted the general trade embargo but continued to prohibit American commerce with Britain and France in an effort to pressure them to respect U.S. neutral rights before the War of 1812.
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B.
Sexual Offences Act 1967
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 was a landmark UK law that partially decriminalised homosexual acts between consenting adult men in private in England and Wales.
-
C.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
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D.
Witchcraft Act 1563
The Witchcraft Act 1563 was an English law enacted under Queen Elizabeth I that criminalized various forms of witchcraft and sorcery, reflecting contemporary fears of magic and the supernatural.
-
E.
Marriage Act 1753
Marriage Act 1753 was a landmark British law that standardized and restricted the formalities of marriage in England and Wales, helping to curb clandestine and irregular unions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.