Scottish Estates

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parliamentary body representative assembly

The Scottish Estates were the pre-1707 representative assembly of the Kingdom of Scotland, comprising clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners who advised the monarch and approved legislation and taxation.

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary body → representative assembly →
alsoKnownAs	Estates of Parliament → Three Estates of Scotland →
appliesToJurisdiction	Scotland →
category	Defunct legislatures → History of the Scottish Parliament →
composedOf	burgh commissioners → clergy → nobility →
country	Kingdom of Scotland →
countryOfOrigin	Scotland →
dissolutionCause	Acts of Union 1707 →
dissolvedOnOrAfter	1707 →
function	advised the monarch → approved legislation → approved taxation →
governs	realm of Scotland →
hasAuthorityOver	statute law in Scotland → taxation in Scotland →
hasPart	First Estate → Second Estate → Third Estate →
hasRole	forum for consent to royal policy → representation of estates of the realm →
historicalPeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
languageUsed	Latin → Scots →
legalStatus	unicameral legislature →
legislativeBodyFor	Kingdom of Scotland →
location	Edinburgh →
meetsIn	Parliament House, Edinburgh →
originatesFrom	medieval council of the realm →
partOf	constitutional history of Scotland →
politicalSystem	monarchy →
relatedTo	Acts of Union 1707 → Parliament of Scotland →
replacedBy	Parliament of Great Britain →
subordinateTo	Scottish monarch →
temporalCoverage	pre-1707 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Three Estates →	alsoKnownAs
Parliament of Scotland →	precededBy