County Palatine of Lancaster

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The County Palatine of Lancaster was a historic English jurisdiction in the northwest of England with semi-autonomous legal and administrative powers traditionally associated with the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county palatine
historic jurisdiction
appliesTo certain property and revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster
associatedWith Duchy of Lancaster
country Kingdom of England
createdBy Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown
createdFor Duke of Lancaster
distinctFrom Lancashire County Council
surface form: administrative county of Lancashire

Cumbria
surface form: ceremonial county of Cumbria

Merseyside
surface form: ceremonial county of Merseyside

Greater Manchester
surface form: metropolitan county of Greater Manchester
existedWithin English common law system
governedBy chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
ducal council
hasAssociation House of Lancaster
Lancastrian kings of England
hasCapital Lancaster
hasCourt Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
surface form: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s court

Lancaster palatine courts
hasHistoricalFunction regional governance for northwest England under ducal authority
hasJurisdictionOver civil law (historically)
criminal law (historically)
hasMonarch monarch of England
monarch of the United Kingdom
hasPrivilege appointment of local officers by the duke
independent administration of justice
local fiscal rights
separate courts of law
hasSymbol Red Rose of Lancaster
surface form: red rose of Lancaster
hasTitleHolder British monarch
surface form: British sovereign

Duke of Lancaster
hasTypeOfAutonomy administrative autonomy
judicial autonomy
historicalRegion Lancashire
language English
legalStatus palatine jurisdiction
semi-autonomous
legalTradition English law
modernLegacy Duchy of Lancaster
surface form: Duchy of Lancaster estates

Lancashire
surface form: ceremonial county of Lancashire

title "County Palatine of Lancaster" in UK law
namedAfter Lancaster
overlaps Lancashire
surface form: historic county of Lancashire
partOf England
North West England
sovereignty ultimately subject to the English Crown
timePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period

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Duke of Lancaster hasTerritorialAssociation County Palatine of Lancaster
House of Lancaster territory County Palatine of Lancaster
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster associatedWith County Palatine of Lancaster
this entity surface form: County of Lancaster
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby jurisdiction County Palatine of Lancaster
Edmund of Lancaster associatedWith County Palatine of Lancaster
this entity surface form: County Palatine of Lancaster (later development of his estates)
Earl of Lancaster, created 1267 jurisdiction County Palatine of Lancaster
subject surface form: Earl of Lancaster (1267 creation)
this entity surface form: County of Lancaster