Parliament of Scotland

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defunct legislature parliament unicameral legislature

The Parliament of Scotland was the unicameral national legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland until the 1707 Acts of Union.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
History of the Scottish Parliament 1
House of Commons of Scotland 1
Pàrlamaid na h-Alba 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Estates of Parliament ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Parliament (historic)
associatedWithEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
surface form: Union of 1707
composedOf Three Estates ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative authority in the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
convenedBy monarch of Scotland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1707 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
estate burgh commissioners ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
governingSystem estates of the realm ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
influenced modern Scottish Parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
languageOfRecord Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
lastSovereignToSummon Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne
legislativeBodyOf Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
mainFunction lawmaking ⓘ
redress of grievances ⓘ
taxation approval ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
meetsInCity Edinburgh ⓘ
nativeName Parlamaid na h-Alba ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
nativeNameLanguage Scots ⓘ
Scots Gaelic ⓘ
notableAct Act anent Peace and War 1703 ⓘ
Act of Security 1704 ⓘ
Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) ⓘ
surface form: Claim of Right 1689
partOf political system of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy Scottish Estates ⓘ
regionServed Scotland ⓘ
replacedBy Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
sessionChamber Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
successor Scottish representation in the Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
votingSystem estate-based representation ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Estates of Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parlamaid na h-Alba → alsoKnownAs → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland → alsoKnownAs → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament (historic)
subject surface form: Lord of Parliament
Scottish Estates → category → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of the Scottish Parliament
Acts of Union 1707 → dissolved → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland → hasParliament → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Lord of Parliament → historicalLegislativeBody → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Dukes of Douglas → jurisdiction → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Act anent Peace and War 1703 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Act of Security 1704 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Acts of Union 1707 → legislativeBody → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Three Estates of Scotland → meetsIn → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll → memberOf → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland → nativeName → Parliament of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
Committee of Both Kingdoms → partOf → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament
Three Estates → partOf → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Three Estates of Scotland → partOf → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Earls of Angus → participatedIn → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Lauderdale family → politicalSphere → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament (pre-1707)
British Parliament → precededBy → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
House of Commons of Great Britain → precededBy → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → precededBy → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parlamaid na h-Alba → predecessor → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland
Scottish Parliament → predecessor → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Three Estates → relatedConcept → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Estates → relatedTo → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
House of Commons of Great Britain → replaces → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons of Scotland
Parliament of Great Britain → replaces → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Parliament House, Edinburgh → usedBy → Parliament of Scotland ⓘ