February Patent

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The February Patent was an 1861 constitutional document of the Austrian Empire that reorganized the state into a centralized, constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document
imperial patent
aimedAt centralization of the Austrian Empire
limiting provincial autonomy
appliedTo Cisleithania NERFINISHED
constitutionalNature octroyed constitution
constitutionalSystemType census-based representation
country Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
createdBody delegations for common affairs with Hungary
dateOfIssue 1861-02-26
establishedFormOfGovernment centralized constitutional monarchy
establishedLegislature Reichsrat NERFINISHED
bicameral parliament
excludedTerritory Croatia-Slavonia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED
Transylvania NERFINISHED
field constitutional law
followed October Diploma
grantedPowersTo Emperor of Austria NERFINISHED
hasEffectOn political representation of Austrian crown lands
relationship between emperor and parliament
hasShortName February Constitution NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Neoabsolutism in the Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
inForceUntil 1867
language German
legalForm imperial patent (Verfassungspatent) NERFINISHED
legalStatus constitution
legislativeChamberCreated House of Deputies of the Reichsrat NERFINISHED
House of Lords of the Reichsrat NERFINISHED
limitedPowersOf provincial diets
locationOfSigning Vienna NERFINISHED
partlySupersededBy December Constitution of 1867 NERFINISHED
partOf constitutional history of Austria
precededBy Bach system
promulgatedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria NERFINISHED
providedFor imperial control over legislation
representation of crown lands in the Reichsrat
region Central Europe
reorganized Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
replaced October Diploma
shortNameDerivedFrom month of its promulgation
signedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria NERFINISHED
subjectMatter imperial–provincial relations
legislative powers
state organization
year 1861

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Ausgleich precededBy February Patent
December Constitution of 1867 follows February Patent