Code de l'indigénat
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The Code de l'indigénat was a set of discriminatory laws in the French colonial empire that imposed special repressive regulations and curtailed the rights of Indigenous subjects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Code de l'indigénat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2899916 — 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: Code de l'indigénat Context triple: [French Algeria, colonialPolicy, Code de l'indigénat]
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A.
Indian Act
The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that has long governed and controlled many aspects of First Nations peoples’ lives, including their status, lands, and governance.
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B.
Pays d'en Haut
Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.
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C.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
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D.
La Justice
La Justice is a philosophical poem by French writer and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that explores themes of law, morality, and the nature of justice.
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E.
Nootka Texts
Nootka Texts is a seminal early 20th-century linguistic and ethnographic collection of narratives in the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language, documenting its structure, vocabulary, and oral traditions.
- 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: Code de l'indigénat Target entity description: The Code de l'indigénat was a set of discriminatory laws in the French colonial empire that imposed special repressive regulations and curtailed the rights of Indigenous subjects.
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A.
Indian Act
The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that has long governed and controlled many aspects of First Nations peoples’ lives, including their status, lands, and governance.
-
B.
Pays d'en Haut
Pays d'en Haut was the vast, sparsely settled inland frontier of New France encompassing the Great Lakes region and key fur-trade territories in North America.
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C.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
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D.
La Justice
La Justice is a philosophical poem by French writer and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that explores themes of law, morality, and the nature of justice.
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E.
Nootka Texts
Nootka Texts is a seminal early 20th-century linguistic and ethnographic collection of narratives in the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) language, documenting its structure, vocabulary, and oral traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French colonial legislation
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colonial legal system ⓘ discriminatory law ⓘ |
| allows |
administrative sanctions without trial
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collective responsibility of villages ⓘ |
| appliesTo | indigenous subjects ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
French Algeria
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French Equatorial Africa ⓘ French Indochina ⓘ French West Africa ⓘ French colonial empire ⓘ French Morocco ⓘ
surface form:
French protectorate of Morocco
French protectorate of Tunisia ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
exceptional repressive regime
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legal inequality between citizens and subjects ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endTime | 1946 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
French colonial empire
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surface form:
French colonial administration
colonial governors ⓘ local administrators ⓘ |
| excludes | French citizens of European origin ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
administrative detention
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collective punishments ⓘ curtailment of civil rights ⓘ forced labor obligations ⓘ restriction of freedom of expression ⓘ restriction of freedom of movement ⓘ summary fines ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
French colonial empire
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French Third Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Third French Republic
|
| inspiredBy | military regulations in Algeria ⓘ |
| legalDiscriminationOnBasisOf |
colonial status
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race ⓘ |
| legalForm |
administrative law
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penal law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | abolished ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
colonialism
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indigenous rights ⓘ legal segregation ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
French left-wing politicians
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anti-colonial movements ⓘ indigenous elites ⓘ |
| regulates |
obligations of indigenous subjects
ⓘ
penalties for indigenous subjects ⓘ status of indigenous subjects ⓘ |
| repealedBy |
Parliament of France
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surface form:
French Parliament
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| repealReason |
post-World War II human rights discourse
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pressure from anti-colonial movements ⓘ |
| startTime | 1881 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Code de l'indigénat Description of subject: The Code de l'indigénat was a set of discriminatory laws in the French colonial empire that imposed special repressive regulations and curtailed the rights of Indigenous subjects.
Referenced by (1)
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