judiciary of Ceylon

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colonial judiciary judiciary

The judiciary of Ceylon was the colonial-era system of courts and legal institutions in Sri Lanka, responsible for administering justice under British rule.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Kandyan courts	1
Magistrates' Courts of Ceylon	1
judiciary of Ceylon canonical	1
judiciary of Sri Lanka	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial judiciary ⓘ judiciary ⓘ
administeredBy	Ceylon Civil Service ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration in Ceylon
aim	maintenance of law and order in Ceylon ⓘ protection of colonial interests in Ceylon ⓘ
appliedLaw	English common law principles ⓘ Kandyan customary law ⓘ Muslim personal law in Ceylon ⓘ Roman-Dutch law ⓘ Thesavalamai law ⓘ
appliedLegalSystem	legal system of Ceylon ⓘ
appointmentAuthority	British Crown ⓘ Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
function	adjudication of civil disputes in Ceylon ⓘ adjudication of criminal cases in Ceylon ⓘ administration of justice in Ceylon ⓘ interpretation of colonial laws in Ceylon ⓘ
hadAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
hadCourt	Courts of Requests of Ceylon ⓘ District Courts of Ceylon ⓘ judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kandyan courts judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Magistrates' Courts of Ceylon Muslim courts in Ceylon ⓘ Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ
hadHead	Chief Justice of Ceylon ⓘ
hadProfessionalRole	advocates of Ceylon ⓘ judges of Ceylon ⓘ magistrates of Ceylon ⓘ proctors of Ceylon ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ
influencedBy	British legal traditions ⓘ Dutch colonial legal traditions ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Ceylon ⓘ
operatedUnder	British colonial rule ⓘ
oversightFrom	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
partOf	Government of Ceylon ⓘ surface form: government of Ceylon under British rule
predecessor	pre-colonial judicial systems of Sri Lanka ⓘ
regulatedBy	Charter of Justice 1801 ⓘ Charter of Justice 1833 ⓘ subsequent Charters of Justice of Ceylon ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Attorney General's Department of Ceylon Crown Counsel in Ceylon ⓘ
successor	judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: judiciary of Sri Lanka
timePeriod	British Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British colonial period in Ceylon
usedLanguage	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Supreme Court of Ceylon → partOf → judiciary of Ceylon ⓘ

judiciary of Ceylon → hadCourt → judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates' Courts of Ceylon

judiciary of Ceylon → hadCourt → judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandyan courts

judiciary of Ceylon → successor → judiciary of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: judiciary of Sri Lanka