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.

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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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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