Constitution of Brazil of 1891

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legal document national constitution

The Constitution of Brazil of 1891 was the country’s first republican constitution, establishing a federal system, separation of powers, and key civil liberties following the fall of the monarchy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Brazilian Constitution of 1891	3
Constitution of Brazil of 1891 canonical	2
Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil (1891)	1
First Republican Constitution of Brazil	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5978350 — 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: Constitution of Brazil of 1891
Context triple: [Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, reorganizedBy, Constitution of Brazil of 1891]

A. Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824
The Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 was the first Brazilian constitution, enacted under Emperor Pedro I, which organized the newly independent nation as a constitutional monarchy and laid the foundations of its political and judicial institutions.
B. Constitution of Brazil
The Constitution of Brazil is the supreme law that establishes the country’s political framework, defines the powers and limits of government, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms to its citizens.
C. Portuguese Constitution of 1822
The Portuguese Constitution of 1822 was the first liberal constitution of Portugal, establishing a constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, and civil liberties in the wake of the country’s early 19th-century liberal revolution.
D. Portuguese Constitution of 1911
The Portuguese Constitution of 1911 was the first republican constitution of Portugal, establishing a parliamentary democratic regime following the 1910 revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
E. Constitution of 1822
The Constitution of 1822 was the first liberal constitution of Portugal, establishing a constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, and civil liberties in the wake of the Liberal Revolution of 1820.
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: Constitution of Brazil of 1891
Target entity description: The Constitution of Brazil of 1891 was the country’s first republican constitution, establishing a federal system, separation of powers, and key civil liberties following the fall of the monarchy.

A. Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824
The Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824 was the first Brazilian constitution, enacted under Emperor Pedro I, which organized the newly independent nation as a constitutional monarchy and laid the foundations of its political and judicial institutions.
B. Constitution of Brazil
The Constitution of Brazil is the supreme law that establishes the country’s political framework, defines the powers and limits of government, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms to its citizens.
C. Portuguese Constitution of 1822
The Portuguese Constitution of 1822 was the first liberal constitution of Portugal, establishing a constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, and civil liberties in the wake of the country’s early 19th-century liberal revolution.
D. Portuguese Constitution of 1911
The Portuguese Constitution of 1911 was the first republican constitution of Portugal, establishing a parliamentary democratic regime following the 1910 revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
E. Constitution of 1822
The Constitution of 1822 was the first liberal constitution of Portugal, establishing a constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, and civil liberties in the wake of the Liberal Revolution of 1820.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal document ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Brazilian Constitution of 1891 ⓘ linked to: Constitution of Brazil of 1891 First Republican Constitution of Brazil ⓘ linked to: Constitution of Brazil of 1891
cameIntoForce	1891-02-24 ⓘ
capitalDesignated	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
civilLibertiesGuaranteed	due process of law ⓘ freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ habeas corpus ⓘ inviolability of domicile ⓘ
context	Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil in 1889 ⓘ linked to: Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil
country	Brazil ⓘ
draftedBy	Constituent Congress of 1890–1891 ⓘ
executiveReelection	immediate reelection prohibited ⓘ
executiveTermLength	4 years ⓘ
federalStructure	autonomous states ⓘ municipalities ⓘ
followedBy	Constitution of Brazil of 1934 ⓘ linked to: Brazilian Constitution of 1934
governmentFormEstablished	federal republic ⓘ
governmentFormReplaced	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernment	President of the Republic ⓘ
headOfState	President of the Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Old Republic of Brazil ⓘ linked to: First Brazilian Republic
inspiredBy	Constitution of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Constitution liberal constitutionalism of the 19th century ⓘ
judiciaryEstablished	Supreme Federal Court ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeBody	National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouse	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished	presidential system ⓘ
precededBy	Constitution of Brazil of 1824 ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824
principle	federalism ⓘ representative democracy ⓘ republicanism ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
promulgationDate	1891-02-24 ⓘ
religionPolicy	separation of church and state ⓘ
stateReligion	none ⓘ
status	repealed ⓘ
subjectOf	Brazilian constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
suffrageType	male suffrage with restrictions ⓘ
upperHouse	Federal Senate ⓘ
votingRestrictions	exclusion of enlisted soldiers from voting ⓘ exclusion of religious clergy from voting ⓘ exclusion of women from voting ⓘ literacy requirement for voters ⓘ

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