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The Pratt-York opinion also known as the Camden-Yorke opinion was a 1757 official legal opinion issued jointly by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, the Attorney General for England and Wales, and Charles Yorke, the Solicitor General for England and Wales (and former counsel to the East India Company), regarding the legality of land purchases by the British East India Company from the rulers of the princely states in British India. In large part due to this opinion, India is one of the few common law jurisdiction which has rejected the doctrine of aboriginal title.

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dbo:abstract	The Pratt-York opinion also known as the Camden-Yorke opinion was a 1757 official legal opinion issued jointly by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, the Attorney General for England and Wales, and Charles Yorke, the Solicitor General for England and Wales (and former counsel to the East India Company), regarding the legality of land purchases by the British East India Company from the rulers of the princely states in British India. In large part due to this opinion, India is one of the few common law jurisdiction which has rejected the doctrine of aboriginal title. (en)
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rdfs:comment	The Pratt-York opinion also known as the Camden-Yorke opinion was a 1757 official legal opinion issued jointly by Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, the Attorney General for England and Wales, and Charles Yorke, the Solicitor General for England and Wales (and former counsel to the East India Company), regarding the legality of land purchases by the British East India Company from the rulers of the princely states in British India. In large part due to this opinion, India is one of the few common law jurisdiction which has rejected the doctrine of aboriginal title. (en)
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