judiciary of Upper Canada

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colonial judiciary court system institution of Upper Canada

The judiciary of Upper Canada was the colonial court system in early 19th-century Ontario, whose judges were closely tied to the conservative elite that controlled the province’s politics and administration.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
district courts of Upper Canada	1
judiciary of Upper Canada canonical	1
judiciary of the Province of Canada	1
surrogate courts of Upper Canada	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial judiciary ⓘ court system ⓘ institution of Upper Canada ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Upper Canada ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	present-day Ontario ⓘ
archivesAt	Archives of Ontario ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith	Family Compact ⓘ conservative elite of Upper Canada ⓘ
country	Upper Canada ⓘ
criticizedFor	favoring the conservative elite ⓘ partisanship ⓘ
dissolved	1841 ⓘ
employs	judges of the Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada ⓘ justices of the peace in Upper Canada ⓘ magistrates in Upper Canada ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
follows	English common law ⓘ
handles	civil cases in Upper Canada ⓘ criminal cases in Upper Canada ⓘ equity matters in Upper Canada ⓘ probate and estate matters in Upper Canada ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	aligned with colonial administration ⓘ limited judicial independence by modern standards ⓘ politically conservative ⓘ
hasComponent	Court of Chancery of Upper Canada ⓘ Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada ⓘ Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: Court of Queen’s Bench for Upper Canada courts of request of Upper Canada ⓘ judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: district courts of Upper Canada magistrates’ courts in Upper Canada ⓘ quarter sessions of the peace in Upper Canada ⓘ judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: surrogate courts of Upper Canada
hasNotableMember	Archibald McLean (judge) ⓘ James Macaulay (judge) ⓘ John Beverley Robinson ⓘ Robert Sympson Jameson ⓘ Thomas Scott (judge) ⓘ William Dummer Powell ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
inception	1791 ⓘ
influencedBy	British legal traditions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Upper Canada ⓘ
partOf	Government of Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: government of Upper Canada legal system of Upper Canada ⓘ
replacedBy	judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: judiciary of the Province of Canada
significantEvent	Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Upper Canada
underAuthorityOf	British Crown ⓘ Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Family Compact → dominated → judiciary of Upper Canada ⓘ

judiciary of Upper Canada → replacedBy → judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: judiciary of the Province of Canada

judiciary of Upper Canada → hasComponent → judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: district courts of Upper Canada

judiciary of Upper Canada → hasComponent → judiciary of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: surrogate courts of Upper Canada