Coercion Act 1881

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The Coercion Act 1881 was a controversial British law imposed in Ireland that allowed for detention without trial and other repressive measures to suppress agrarian unrest during the Land War.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Coercion Act 1881 canonical 1
Coercion Acts 1
Coercion Acts in Ireland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
coercion act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Protection of Person and Property (Ireland) Act 1881 ⓘ
appliesTo persons suspected of involvement in Land War violence ⓘ
suspected agrarian agitators in Ireland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland ⓘ
characterizedAs controversial ⓘ
repressive ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEffect curtailment of civil liberties in Ireland ⓘ
imprisonment of Irish political leaders ⓘ
increased Irish nationalist resentment toward British rule ⓘ
intensification of the Land War ⓘ
mass arrests of suspected agrarian agitators ⓘ
hasPurpose maintenance of public order in Ireland ⓘ
protection of life and property ⓘ
suppression of agrarian unrest ⓘ
historicalContext Irish Land War ⓘ
Irish Question in late 19th century British politics ⓘ
inspiredOppositionTactic obstructionism in the House of Commons by Irish MPs ⓘ
introducedBy William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
legalAllows arrest on suspicion ⓘ
curfew and movement restrictions in proclaimed areas ⓘ
detention without trial ⓘ
imprisonment without ordinary judicial process ⓘ
proclamation of disturbed districts ⓘ
searches and seizures without normal warrants in proclaimed areas ⓘ
special powers for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
suspension of habeas corpus in Ireland ⓘ
legalField criminal procedure ⓘ
emergency powers legislation ⓘ
public order law ⓘ
location Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
Home Rule MPs ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
Irish nationalists ⓘ
partOfSeries British coercion acts for Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
Irish Land Act 1881 ⓘ
Land League ⓘ
linked to: Irish Land League

William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
subjectOf Irish nationalist protests ⓘ
historical studies of British rule in Ireland ⓘ
parliamentary debates in Westminster ⓘ
supportedBy Liberal government of William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
temporalContext 1881 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

British administration in Ireland → notablePolicy → Coercion Acts in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Coercion Act 1881
Irish Land League → subjectOf → Coercion Acts ⓘ
linked to: Coercion Act 1881