Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
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Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice is the authoritative reference work on the law, procedures, and conventions of the UK Parliament, particularly the House of Commons.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice canonical | 2 |
| A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament | 1 |
| Erskine May | 1 |
| May’s Parliamentary Practice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T827974 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice Context triple: [Standing Orders of the House of Commons, relatedTo, Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice]
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A.
Standing Orders of the House of Lords
The Standing Orders of the House of Lords are the formal written rules that govern the procedures, conduct, and internal operations of the United Kingdom’s upper parliamentary chamber.
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B.
Standing Orders of the House of Commons
The Standing Orders of the House of Commons are the formal written rules that regulate the procedures, debates, and conduct of business in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.
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C.
Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom
The Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom is a set of ethical and procedural rules that governs the conduct, responsibilities, and standards of behavior expected of government ministers.
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D.
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are key UK constitutional statutes that limit the House of Lords’ power to block legislation, enabling certain bills to become law without its consent.
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E.
Estates of Parliament
The Estates of Parliament was the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland before the 1707 Acts of Union, comprising representatives of the clergy, nobility, and burghs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice Target entity description: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice is the authoritative reference work on the law, procedures, and conventions of the UK Parliament, particularly the House of Commons.
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A.
Standing Orders of the House of Lords
The Standing Orders of the House of Lords are the formal written rules that govern the procedures, conduct, and internal operations of the United Kingdom’s upper parliamentary chamber.
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B.
Standing Orders of the House of Commons
The Standing Orders of the House of Commons are the formal written rules that regulate the procedures, debates, and conduct of business in the UK’s lower parliamentary chamber.
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C.
Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom
The Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom is a set of ethical and procedural rules that governs the conduct, responsibilities, and standards of behavior expected of government ministers.
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D.
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are key UK constitutional statutes that limit the House of Lords’ power to block legislation, enabling certain bills to become law without its consent.
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E.
Estates of Parliament
The Estates of Parliament was the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland before the 1707 Acts of Union, comprising representatives of the clergy, nobility, and burghs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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legal treatise ⓘ parliamentary authority ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
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surface form:
Erskine May
Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice ⓘ
surface form:
May’s Parliamentary Practice
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| appliesTo |
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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surface form:
House of Commons
House of Lords ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Erskine May ⓘ |
| citedAs | authoritative source in parliamentary rulings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| covers |
committee procedure
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conduct of debates ⓘ financial procedure in Parliament ⓘ legislative process in Parliament ⓘ parliamentary privilege ⓘ role of the Speaker ⓘ Standing Orders of the House of Commons ⓘ
surface form:
standing orders of the House of Commons
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| describedAs |
authoritative guide to parliamentary practice
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authoritative reference work on UK parliamentary procedure ⓘ |
| field |
parliamentary studies
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public law ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1844 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conventions of Parliament
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law of Parliament ⓘ practice of Parliament ⓘ |
| hasEditionCount | 26 ⓘ |
| hasOnlineVersion | yes ⓘ |
| influenced | practice of Commonwealth parliaments ⓘ |
| isNamedAfter | Thomas Erskine May ⓘ |
| isUpdated | periodically ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| latestEditionNumber | 25 ⓘ |
| latestEditionPublicationYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| onlineAccess | subscription ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament
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| publisher |
Sweet & Maxwell
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surface form:
Butterworths
LexisNexis ⓘ |
| subject |
Standing Orders of the House of Commons
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surface form:
House of Commons procedure
House of Lords procedure ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom Parliament
constitutional law ⓘ parliamentary procedure ⓘ |
| usedAs | procedural authority by the Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Clerk of the Parliament
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surface form:
Clerks of the House of Commons
Members of Parliament ⓘ parliamentary lawyers ⓘ parliamentary officials ⓘ |
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Subject: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice Description of subject: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice is the authoritative reference work on the law, procedures, and conventions of the UK Parliament, particularly the House of Commons.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Erskine May
this entity surface form:
May’s Parliamentary Practice
Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
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originalTitle
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Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament
Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to the Proceedings of the House of Lords
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relatedTo
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Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice
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