Ley Lerdo
E221685
Ley Lerdo was a mid-19th-century Mexican law that forced the sale of corporate and church-held lands to promote private property and weaken ecclesiastical and communal economic power, playing a key role in the liberal reforms leading up to the Reform War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ley Lerdo canonical | 10 |
| Ley de Desamortización de Fincas Rústicas y Urbanas de las Corporaciones Civiles y Religiosas | 1 |
| Ley de Nacionalización de Bienes Eclesiásticos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1959144 — 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.
Target entity: Ley Lerdo Context triple: [Reform War, relatedLaw, Ley Lerdo]
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Ley Juárez
Ley Juárez was a pivotal mid-19th-century Mexican law that curtailed special legal privileges for the military and clergy, helping to lay the groundwork for liberal reforms during the Reform War.
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Mexican secularization act of 1833
The Mexican secularization act of 1833 was a law that dismantled the mission system in Mexican California by transferring control of mission lands and assets from the Catholic Church to civil authorities and private hands.
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Plan of Iguala
The Plan of Iguala was a 1821 political proclamation that laid out the principles for Mexico’s independence from Spain, including constitutional monarchy, Roman Catholicism as the sole religion, and equality between Spaniards and Creoles.
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Mexican Constitution of 1824
The Mexican Constitution of 1824 was the founding federal charter of the First Mexican Republic, establishing a U.S.-style federal system and defining the political structure and powers of the national and state governments.
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E.
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836 were a set of centralist constitutional laws that restructured the Mexican Republic in the 1830s, replacing the federal system established by the 1824 Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ley Lerdo Target entity description: Ley Lerdo was a mid-19th-century Mexican law that forced the sale of corporate and church-held lands to promote private property and weaken ecclesiastical and communal economic power, playing a key role in the liberal reforms leading up to the Reform War.
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A.
Ley Juárez
Ley Juárez was a pivotal mid-19th-century Mexican law that curtailed special legal privileges for the military and clergy, helping to lay the groundwork for liberal reforms during the Reform War.
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B.
Mexican secularization act of 1833
The Mexican secularization act of 1833 was a law that dismantled the mission system in Mexican California by transferring control of mission lands and assets from the Catholic Church to civil authorities and private hands.
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C.
Plan of Iguala
The Plan of Iguala was a 1821 political proclamation that laid out the principles for Mexico’s independence from Spain, including constitutional monarchy, Roman Catholicism as the sole religion, and equality between Spaniards and Creoles.
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D.
Mexican Constitution of 1824
The Mexican Constitution of 1824 was the founding federal charter of the First Mexican Republic, establishing a U.S.-style federal system and defining the political structure and powers of the national and state governments.
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E.
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836 were a set of centralist constitutional laws that restructured the Mexican Republic in the 1830s, replacing the federal system established by the 1824 Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican law
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liberal reform law ⓘ |
| affects |
Catholic religious orders in Mexico
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indigenous communities in Mexico ⓘ municipal corporations in Mexico ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
Catholic Church in Mexico
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indigenous communal landholding systems ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
church-held lands
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communal lands ⓘ corporate lands ⓘ |
| consequence |
disruption of indigenous communal land tenure
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expansion of private landownership ⓘ increased land concentration among elites ⓘ reduction of church economic power in Mexico ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key step in secularization of property in Mexico
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major cause of tensions leading to the Reform War ⓘ |
| ideology |
La Reforma (liberal reforms in Mexico)
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surface form:
Mexican liberalism
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| implementedBy | liberal government of Mexico ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
land law
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property law ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
disentailment of corporate property
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forced sale of church-held lands ⓘ forced sale of corporate lands ⓘ |
| legalStatus | historical law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Congress of the Union (Mexico)
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surface form:
Congress of Mexico
|
| namedAfter | Miguel Lerdo de Tejada ⓘ |
| officialName |
Ley Lerdo
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ley de Desamortización de Fincas Rústicas y Urbanas de las Corporaciones Civiles y Religiosas
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| opposedBy | conservative factions in Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf |
Guerra de Reforma
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surface form:
La Reforma
La Reforma (liberal reforms in Mexico) ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican liberal Reform Laws
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| policyType |
agrarian reform
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disentailment law ⓘ |
| purpose |
break up corporate landholdings
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promote private property ⓘ weaken communal economic power ⓘ weaken ecclesiastical economic power ⓘ |
| region |
Mexican Federation
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surface form:
Mexican Republic
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| relatedEvent | Reform War ⓘ |
| shortName | Ley Lerdo self-link ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Mexican liberals ⓘ |
| theme |
modernization of land tenure in Mexico
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separation of church and state in Mexico ⓘ |
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