British Indian law

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colonial law legal system mixed legal system

British Indian law was the body of colonial legal codes, statutes, and judicial practices imposed by the British in India, blending English common law with selectively adapted local customs to govern the subcontinent.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
British Indian law canonical	5
Anglo-Indian law	4
Anglo-Hindu law	1
Anglo-Muhammadan law	1
British Indian legal framework	1
British colonial courts in India	1
Judicial system of British India	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial law ⓘ legal system ⓘ mixed legal system ⓘ
administeredBy	British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British colonial courts in India High Courts in British India ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council in London subordinate colonial courts ⓘ
appliesTo	British India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent colonial subjects in India ⓘ
characterizedBy	appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ formal codification of many areas of law ⓘ hierarchical court structure ⓘ reliance on judicial precedent ⓘ separation of personal law and general law ⓘ
codifiedIn	Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ⓘ surface form: Civil Procedure Codes and Criminal Procedure Codes Code of Civil Procedure 1859 ⓘ Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ⓘ surface form: Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Indian Contract Act 1872 ⓘ Indian Evidence Act 1872 ⓘ Indian Penal Code ⓘ surface form: Indian Penal Code 1860 Specific Relief Act 1877 ⓘ Transfer of Property Act 1882 ⓘ
developedFrom	Company rule legal practices ⓘ English common law tradition ⓘ Mughal-era legal institutions in modified form ⓘ
goal	governance and control of colonial India ⓘ
implementedBy	British Crown administration in India ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company administration
incorporates	Hindu personal law ⓘ Muslim personal law ⓘ customary law of various Indian communities ⓘ selectively adapted local customs ⓘ
influenced	legal education in South Asia ⓘ legal system of Bangladesh ⓘ legal system of Pakistan ⓘ legal system of independent India ⓘ
legacy	continuing use of colonial-era codes in modern Indian law ⓘ
legalBasis	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of the British Parliament English common law ⓘ Indian legislative enactments ⓘ
relatedTo	British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Hindu law British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Muhammadan law
subjectArea	civil procedure ⓘ contract law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ evidence law ⓘ family and personal status law ⓘ property law ⓘ
timePeriod	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj Company rule in India ⓘ
timePeriodEnd	mid-20th century ⓘ
timePeriodStart	18th century ⓘ

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Subject: British Indian law
Description of subject: British Indian law was the body of colonial legal codes, statutes, and judicial practices imposed by the British in India, blending English common law with selectively adapted local customs to govern the subcontinent.

Referenced by (14)

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

Ajmer-Merwara → usedLegalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Indian law

British Indian law → administeredBy → British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial courts in India

British Indian law → relatedTo → British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Hindu law

British Indian law → relatedTo → British Indian law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Muhammadan law

Thar and Parkar District → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

Allahabad Division → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

Benares Division → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

Malabar District → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

High Courts Act 1861 → relatedTo → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial system of British India

Code of Civil Procedure 1859 → partOf → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian legal framework

Sadr Adalat → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Indian law

Government of Bombay Presidency → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Indian law

British colonial authorities in India → legalSystem → British Indian law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Indian law