Ley Iglesias
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Ley Iglesias was a controversial 19th-century Mexican law that regulated ecclesiastical fees and limited the Catholic Church’s economic power during the Reform era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ley Iglesias canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1959145 — 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: Ley Iglesias Context triple: [Reform War, relatedLaw, Ley Iglesias]
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A.
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a landmark 1916 U.S. federal law that established the eight-hour workday for interstate railroad workers, marking a major victory for labor rights during the Progressive Era.
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B.
Cuban Democracy Act
The Cuban Democracy Act is a 1992 U.S. law that tightened economic sanctions on Cuba while promoting support for the Cuban people and pressuring the Cuban government toward democratic reforms.
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C.
Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado
La Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado fue una norma fundamental del régimen franquista que configuró España como reino sin rey y otorgó a Francisco Franco la facultad de designar a su sucesor como jefe del Estado.
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D.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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E.
Ley
Ley is an alternative spelling of the given name Leigh, used as a personal name or surname in English-speaking contexts.
- 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: Ley Iglesias Target entity description: Ley Iglesias was a controversial 19th-century Mexican law that regulated ecclesiastical fees and limited the Catholic Church’s economic power during the Reform era.
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A.
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a landmark 1916 U.S. federal law that established the eight-hour workday for interstate railroad workers, marking a major victory for labor rights during the Progressive Era.
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B.
Cuban Democracy Act
The Cuban Democracy Act is a 1992 U.S. law that tightened economic sanctions on Cuba while promoting support for the Cuban people and pressuring the Cuban government toward democratic reforms.
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C.
Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado
La Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado fue una norma fundamental del régimen franquista que configuró España como reino sin rey y otorgó a Francisco Franco la facultad de designar a su sucesor como jefe del Estado.
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D.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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E.
Ley
Ley is an alternative spelling of the given name Leigh, used as a personal name or surname in English-speaking contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century law
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Mexican law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect poor parishioners from excessive ecclesiastical fees
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reduce economic influence of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| appliesTo | ecclesiastical fees ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| hasConsequence | increased tension between liberals and conservatives in Mexico ⓘ |
| hasControversy | conflict between liberal state and Catholic Church ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
income of clergy
ⓘ
parish fees for sacraments ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation | liberal ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reform era ⓘ |
| influences | secularization of Mexico ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
church–state relations
ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ |
| limits | Catholic Church’s economic power ⓘ |
| namedAfter | José María Iglesias ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Catholic Church in Mexico
ⓘ
Mexican conservatives ⓘ |
| partOf |
La Reforma (liberal reforms in Mexico)
ⓘ
surface form:
Leyes de Reforma
|
| regulates | ecclesiastical fees ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ley Juárez
ⓘ
Ley Lerdo ⓘ Reform War ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Reform War
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ley Iglesias Description of subject: Ley Iglesias was a controversial 19th-century Mexican law that regulated ecclesiastical fees and limited the Catholic Church’s economic power during the Reform era.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
La Reforma