Brabantine customary law
E261692
Brabantine customary law was the traditional body of regional legal customs and practices that governed much of the historical Duchy of Brabant in the Low Countries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brabantine customary law canonical | 1 |
| Brabantine law of devolution | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2382084 — 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: Brabantine customary law Context triple: [Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch, legalTradition, Brabantine customary law]
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Belgian Civil Code
The Belgian Civil Code is the foundational body of private law in Belgium, governing matters such as contracts, property, and family relations, and originally modeled on early 19th-century continental civil law traditions.
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Old Frisian law codes
Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
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C.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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Hanseatic law
Hanseatic law was the body of commercial and maritime regulations that governed trade, shipping, and dispute resolution among the merchant cities of the Hanseatic League in medieval and early modern Northern Europe.
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E.
Roman-Dutch law
Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.
- 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: Brabantine customary law Target entity description: Brabantine customary law was the traditional body of regional legal customs and practices that governed much of the historical Duchy of Brabant in the Low Countries.
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A.
Belgian Civil Code
The Belgian Civil Code is the foundational body of private law in Belgium, governing matters such as contracts, property, and family relations, and originally modeled on early 19th-century continental civil law traditions.
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B.
Old Frisian law codes
Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
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C.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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D.
Hanseatic law
Hanseatic law was the body of commercial and maritime regulations that governed trade, shipping, and dispute resolution among the merchant cities of the Hanseatic League in medieval and early modern Northern Europe.
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E.
Roman-Dutch law
Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customary law
ⓘ
regional legal system ⓘ |
| appliedBy |
local courts
ⓘ
seigneurial courts ⓘ urban courts ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Duchy of Brabant
ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ |
| basedOn |
custom
ⓘ
feudal law ⓘ local practice ⓘ |
| codificationStatus |
partly recorded in customary compilations
ⓘ
partly uncodified ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
canon law
ⓘ
imperial law ⓘ princely ordinances ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| geographicalScopeIncludes |
Antwerp
ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels
Leuven ⓘ |
| governed |
feudal tenures
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ local public law matters ⓘ obligations ⓘ private law relations ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| graduallyReplacedBy |
Belgian Civil Code
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Dutch Civil Code ⓘ codified national law ⓘ |
| hasSourceType |
charters
ⓘ
ducal ordinances ⓘ local customary compilations ⓘ |
| historicalJurisdiction | Duchy of Brabant ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Frankish customary law
ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ canon law ⓘ |
| languageOfPractice |
Latin
ⓘ
Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| legalCulture | Brabantine legal culture ⓘ |
| legalRegion | Brabant ⓘ |
| legalTradition | civil law ⓘ |
| regulates |
marriage property regimes
ⓘ
rural tenures ⓘ status of persons ⓘ succession to fiefs ⓘ urban privileges ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Flemish customary law
ⓘ
Hollandic customary law ⓘ Liège customary law ⓘ |
| subjectOf | legal history research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Brabantine customary law Description of subject: Brabantine customary law was the traditional body of regional legal customs and practices that governed much of the historical Duchy of Brabant in the Low Countries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brabantine law of devolution