Royal Charter of 1774

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constitutional document legal instrument royal charter

The Royal Charter of 1774 was a British Crown decree that created the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, marking a key step in formalizing colonial judicial administration in India.

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Royal Charter of 1774 canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ royal charter ⓘ
appliesTo	British subjects in Bengal ⓘ servants of the East India Company at Fort William ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidency of Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithFort	Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	18th-century royal charters ⓘ Legal history of British India ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateIssued	1774 ⓘ
defines	composition of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William ⓘ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William ⓘ powers of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William ⓘ
documentType	royal letters patent ⓘ
establishedInstitution	Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	later charters and acts modifying the Supreme Court in India ⓘ
governs	appointment of judges of the Supreme Court at Fort William ⓘ civil jurisdiction of the Supreme Court at Fort William ⓘ criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court at Fort William ⓘ oaths of office of judges of the Supreme Court at Fort William ⓘ tenure of judges of the Supreme Court at Fort William ⓘ
historicalSignificance	introduced a crown-established supreme court in British India ⓘ marked a key step in formalizing colonial judicial administration in India ⓘ
implementedProvisionsOf	Regulating Act of 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of the Indian judicial system ⓘ
issuedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William ⓘ
legalEffect	created the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta ⓘ
legalStatus	binding within the territories under the Presidency of Fort William ⓘ
legalSystem	English law NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfEffect	Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort William, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British colonial legal framework in India ⓘ
purpose	to establish a supreme court for British subjects in Bengal ⓘ to formalize colonial judicial administration in India ⓘ to regulate the administration of justice at Fort William ⓘ
relatedTo	East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulating Act of 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	colonial governance ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

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Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) → establishedBy → Royal Charter of 1774 ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William