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Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)

1929 court case which declared the word "person" in the Constitution of Canada includes women
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Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)

Summary

Edwards v Canada (Attorney General) is a reference question[1].

Key Facts

  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s instance of is recorded as reference question[2].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07t05b[3].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s work available at URL is recorded as http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1929/1929_86.html[4].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://canlii.ca/t/gbvs4[5].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Canada[6].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s legal citation of this text is recorded as [1929] UKPC 86[7].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s legal citation of this text is recorded as [1930] AC 124[8].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s legal citation of this text is recorded as [1930] 1 DLR 98[9].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s legal citation of this text is recorded as [1929] 3 WWR 479[10].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s legal citation of this text is recorded as 1929 CarswellNat 2[11].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Persons-Case[12].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s defendant is recorded as Government of Canada[13].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s plaintiff is recorded as The Famous Five[14].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s BabelNet ID is recorded as 01988112n[15].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s court is recorded as Judicial Committee of the Privy Council[16].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as femmes-non-reconnues-civilement-affaire-des[17].
  • Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)'s CanLII ID is recorded as gbvs4[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [7] ↑ . CanLII. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . CanLII. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . CanLII. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . CanLII. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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