Duke's Laws

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Duke's Laws were a 17th-century legal code that served as the first comprehensive system of English law for the colony of New York under the Duke of York's authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial law code
legal code
appliesTo church regulation
civil law
criminal law
inheritance
local government
marriage regulation
morality regulation
property law
appliesToJurisdiction Long Island NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
Province of New York NERFINISHED
Staten Island NERFINISHED
Westchester NERFINISHED
appliesToPopulation Dutch inhabitants under English rule
English settlers in New York
Indigenous inhabitants under English jurisdiction
country Colony of New York NERFINISHED
dateOfFirstPromulgation March 1665
describedAs first comprehensive system of English law for New York
draftedBy Governor Richard Nicolls NERFINISHED
followedBy later provincial statutes of New York
follows English common law
governs appointment of local officials
courts and judicial procedures in colonial New York
public order and punishments
taxation and public charges
hasLegalStatus colonial statute law
hasPurpose to extend English legal norms to New York
to standardize law in the Duke of York's territory
inception 1665
language English
legalSystem English law
legislatedBy authority of the Duke of York
locationOfFirstPromulgation Hempstead, Long Island GENERATED
namedAfter James, Duke of York NERFINISHED
partOf early English colonial administration in New York
promulgatedBy Governor Richard Nicolls NERFINISHED
regulates church attendance
jury trials
liquor sales
militia service
relations with Indigenous peoples
town meetings
replaced Dutch legal practices in New Netherland
temporalCoverage late 17th century

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Richard Nicolls issued Duke's Laws