Civil List Act 1952
E189968
The Civil List Act 1952 was a UK law that set out the public funding arrangements for the official expenses of the British monarch and certain members of the Royal Family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civil List Act 1952 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1679448 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil List Act 1952 Context triple: [Crown Estate Act 1961, relatedTo, Civil List Act 1952]
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A.
Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
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B.
Administration of Justice Act
The Administration of Justice Act was one of the British "Intolerable Acts" of 1774 that altered legal procedures in the American colonies, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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C.
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act is a key Singaporean statute that establishes the structure, jurisdiction, and powers of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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D.
Judiciary Act 1903
The Judiciary Act 1903 is an Australian federal statute that structured the nation’s judicial system and defined the jurisdiction and operation of the High Court of Australia.
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E.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil List Act 1952 Target entity description: The Civil List Act 1952 was a UK law that set out the public funding arrangements for the official expenses of the British monarch and certain members of the Royal Family.
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A.
Judicature Acts
The Judicature Acts were a series of 19th-century reforms that reorganized the English court system by merging common law and equity courts into a unified Supreme Court of Judicature.
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B.
Administration of Justice Act
The Administration of Justice Act was one of the British "Intolerable Acts" of 1774 that altered legal procedures in the American colonies, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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C.
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act is a key Singaporean statute that establishes the structure, jurisdiction, and powers of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
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D.
Judiciary Act 1903
The Judiciary Act 1903 is an Australian federal statute that structured the nation’s judicial system and defined the jurisdiction and operation of the High Court of Australia.
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E.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British monarch
ⓘ
British royal family ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Family
|
| category |
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning public finance
ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning the monarchy ⓘ |
| concerns |
maintenance of the dignity of the Crown
ⓘ
public accountability for royal expenditure ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| defines |
categories of official expenditure of certain members of the Royal Family
ⓘ
categories of official expenditure of the monarch ⓘ |
| field |
constitutional law
ⓘ
monarchy finance ⓘ public finance ⓘ |
| follows | Civil List Act 1937 ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
UK Consolidated Fund
ⓘ
surface form:
Consolidated Fund
|
| governs |
official expenditure of specified members of the Royal Family
ⓘ
official expenditure of the Sovereign ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | public expenditure in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United Kingdom constitutional settlement ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalForm | public general act ⓘ |
| legalSubject | civil list ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
English law
ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form:
Scots law
|
| legislativeBody |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| monarchAtEnactment | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide public funding for the official expenses of certain members of the Royal Family
ⓘ
to provide public funding for the official expenses of the British monarch ⓘ |
| regulates |
civil list payments
ⓘ
public funding of the monarchy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Sovereign Grant
ⓘ
surface form:
Sovereign Grant Act 2011
|
| relevantTo |
British monarchy
ⓘ
Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Household
|
| replaced | earlier civil list arrangements ⓘ |
| status | superseded in practice by the Sovereign Grant system ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
allowances for members of the Royal Family
ⓘ
financial support for the Crown ⓘ official expenses of the Sovereign ⓘ |
| temporalContext | reign of Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| typeOfFunding | civil list payments from public funds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Civil List Act 1952 Description of subject: The Civil List Act 1952 was a UK law that set out the public funding arrangements for the official expenses of the British monarch and certain members of the Royal Family.
Referenced by (1)
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