Wizengamot

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The Wizengamot is the high court and primary governing judicial body of the British wizarding community in the Harry Potter universe.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wizengamot canonical 12
Wizengamot Administration Services 2
Wizengamot (as sole governing body) 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional organization
judicial body
wizarding court
appearsIn Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
associatedWithEvent First Wizarding War
Second Wizarding War
composition witches and wizards
countryInFiction United Kingdom
creator J. K. Rowling
eraOfActivity 20th century (wizarding world timeline)
21st century (wizarding world timeline)
fictionalStatus nonexistent in the real world
fictionalUniverse Harry Potter universe
linked to: Wizarding World
formerLeader Albus Dumbledore
function high court of the British wizarding community
primary governing judicial body of the British wizarding community
genre fantasy literature
governingLaw British wizarding law
governmentBranch judicial branch of the British Ministry of Magic
hasMemberRole Wizengamot elder
jurisdiction British wizarding community
language English
leaderTitle Chief Warlock
locatedInFictionalUniverse London
linked to: London, England
meetsAt Courtroom Ten
Ministry of Magic
memberOf Ministry of Magic
notableCase trial of Harry Potter for underage magic in 1995
trials of Death Eaters after the First Wizarding War
notableMember Amelia Bones
Cornelius Fudge
Dolores Umbridge
role conducting trials of accused witches and wizards
issuing legal judgments and sentences
overseeing enforcement of wizarding law in Britain
setting British magical government
symbolicRole supreme authority in British wizarding justice
trialFormat panel of multiple judges
typeOfProceedings criminal trials
disciplinary hearings

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dolores Umbridge memberOf Wizengamot
Ministry of Magic predecessor Wizengamot (as sole governing body)
linked to: Wizengamot
Ministry of Magic judicialBody Wizengamot
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot partOf Wizengamot
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot presidesOver Wizengamot
Department of Magical Law Enforcement subordinateUnit Wizengamot Administration Services
linked to: Wizengamot
Amelia Bones oversees Wizengamot Administration Services
linked to: Wizengamot
Amelia Bones memberOf Wizengamot
Rodolphus Lestrange convictedBy Wizengamot
Ministry of Magic (under Cornelius Fudge) holds Wizengamot trials
linked to: Wizengamot