Western Pacific Order in Council 1877

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The Western Pacific Order in Council 1877 was a British imperial legal instrument that established administrative and judicial authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific, including the office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial legal instrument
Order in Council
aimedAt regulating trade and interactions involving British subjects in the Western Pacific
appliesTo British subjects in the Western Pacific
islands and territories in the Western Pacific not otherwise under formal British colonial government
appliesToJurisdiction western Pacific Ocean
surface form: Western Pacific
concerns extraterritorial jurisdiction over British subjects
country United Kingdom
createdOffice High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
defines jurisdictional limits of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
powers of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
enactedBy the King-in-Council
surface form: British Crown in Council
established High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
surface form: office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
follows British imperial policy in the Pacific
hasLanguage English
hasLegalForm subordinate legislation
hasPurpose to establish administrative authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific
to establish judicial authority over British subjects in the Western Pacific
legalBasisFor jurisdiction of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
legalSystem British colonial law
partOf British Empire administration in the Pacific
surface form: British imperial administration in the Pacific
regulates conduct of British subjects in the Western Pacific
relatedTo British colonial governance in Oceania
High Commission of the Western Pacific
subjectOf British colonial legal history

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High Commissioner for the Western Pacific legalBasis Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
British Western Pacific Territories establishedBy Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
British Western Pacific Territories reorganizedBy Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
this entity surface form: Western Pacific Orders in Council
Western Pacific High Commission legalBasis Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
this entity surface form: Pacific Order in Council 1877
Resident Commissioners legalBasis Western Pacific Order in Council 1877
this entity surface form: British Orders in Council establishing the Western Pacific High Commission