Digest of 1808
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The Digest of 1808 is an early codification of Louisiana’s private law that blended French, Spanish, and civil law traditions into a unified legal framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digest of 1808 canonical | 1 |
| Louisiana Digest of 1808 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Digest of 1808 Context triple: [Louisiana Civil Code, basedOn, Digest of 1808]
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A.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
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B.
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a U.S. law signed by President Thomas Jefferson that halted American exports in an attempt to pressure Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars, but instead severely damaged the U.S. economy and provoked widespread opposition.
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C.
Newlands Resolution
The Newlands Resolution was the 1898 joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that annexed Hawaii, marking a key moment in American imperial expansion into the Pacific.
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D.
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804
The Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 was the constitutional act by which the French Consulate was transformed into the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte.
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E.
Commutation Act 1784
The Commutation Act 1784 was a key fiscal reform introduced by William Pitt the Younger that drastically reduced tea duties to curb smuggling and stabilize British revenue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Digest of 1808 Target entity description: The Digest of 1808 is an early codification of Louisiana’s private law that blended French, Spanish, and civil law traditions into a unified legal framework.
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A.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
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B.
Embargo Act of 1807
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a U.S. law signed by President Thomas Jefferson that halted American exports in an attempt to pressure Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars, but instead severely damaged the U.S. economy and provoked widespread opposition.
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C.
Newlands Resolution
The Newlands Resolution was the 1898 joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that annexed Hawaii, marking a key moment in American imperial expansion into the Pacific.
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D.
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804
The Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 was the constitutional act by which the French Consulate was transformed into the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte.
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E.
Commutation Act 1784
The Commutation Act 1784 was a key fiscal reform introduced by William Pitt the Younger that drastically reduced tea duties to curb smuggling and stabilize British revenue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil code
ⓘ
codification of private law ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans
ⓘ
Digest of 1808 ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Digest of 1808
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Louisiana Territory
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana
|
| commissionedBy |
Louisiana State Legislature
ⓘ
surface form:
Legislature of the Territory of Orleans
|
| compiledIn | book form ⓘ |
| componentOf | history of Louisiana civil law ⓘ |
| contains | articles ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnacted | 1808 ⓘ |
| governs | civil relationships between private persons in Louisiana (historically) ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of civil law codification in the United States
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first comprehensive codification of Louisiana private law ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Louisiana Civil Code
ⓘ
mixed civil law–common law character of Louisiana ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French law
ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ Roman law ⓘ Spanish law ⓘ |
| inForceEndDate | 1825 ⓘ |
| inForceStartDate | 1808 ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalDomain | private law ⓘ |
| legalField | civil law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | superseded ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Louisiana law ⓘ |
| legalTradition | civil law ⓘ |
| placeOfEnactment | Territory of Orleans ⓘ |
| predecessor |
French colonial law in Louisiana
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Spanish colonial law in Louisiana ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Governor of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ |
| purpose |
to harmonize French, Spanish, and civil law traditions
ⓘ
to unify and codify Louisiana private law ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil obligations
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ family law ⓘ private law ⓘ property law ⓘ successions ⓘ torts ⓘ |
| successor |
Louisiana Civil Code
ⓘ
Louisiana Civil Code ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Civil Code of 1825
|
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