founding document

C531
concept

A founding document is an authoritative text that formally establishes an organization, institution, or state by defining its core principles, structure, and governing rules.

All labels observed (58)

Label Occurrences
papal document 79
founding document canonical 38
foundational governing document 37

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: founding document
Generated description
A founding document is an authoritative text that formally establishes an organization, institution, or state by defining its core principles, structure, and governing rules.

Instances (374)

Instance Via concept surface
Redwood Original founding charter
1973 Constitution of the Philippines Constitution
National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) foundational document of the Turkish national movement
Statute of the Bank of Italy
Apostolic Constitution Sacrae Disciplinae Leges
surface form: Sacrae Disciplinae Leges
papal document
declaration of independence in 1912
surface form: Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912)
declaration of independence
Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae papal document
Charter of Justice 1801 royal charter
Charter of Justice 1833 royal charter
Declaration of Independence of Liberia declaration of independence
Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People foundational state document
Lee Resolution document
Declaration of Independence of the United Belgian States declaration of independence
Treaty of Waitangi
Orange County Home Rule Charter foundational governing document
ROK–US Combined Forces Command Terms of Reference foundational command document
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina colonial charter
Organic Act of 1916 founding document of the National Park Service
Finnish independence movement
surface form: Finnish Declaration of Independence
declaration of independence
Royal Charter of 1840 royal charter
Articles of Agreement of the New Development Bank founding charter
OPEC Statute
ICTR Statute founding legal instrument
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda United Nations document
Statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals founding statute
Limehouse Declaration
apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia
surface form: Providentissima Mater Ecclesia
papal document
City of Reading Home Rule Charter foundational governing document
Charter of St. Louis County, Missouri foundational governing document
St. Louis County Charter foundational governing document
Resolution on the Aims and Objectives of the Constitution foundational political document
American Declaration of Independence
surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation former constitution
Geneva Declaration of Principles United Nations document
Declaration of Hungarian independence (1849) declaration of independence
Habitat Agenda United Nations document
Charter of 1337 royal charter
Evangelii gaudium papal document
Statutes of the Communist Party of Cuba foundational governing document
Detroit City Charter foundational governing document
Declaration on the Creation of the USSR founding political document
Debian Social Contract foundational project document
Apostolic Letter Sedula Mater papal document
Prasasti Mantyasih royal charter
Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis papal document
motu proprio De aliquibus mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Pontificis
surface form: De aliquibus mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Pontificis
papal document
motu proprio Normas nonnullas
surface form: Normas nonnullas
papal document
Ingravescentem Aetatem papal document
Praedicate Evangelium papal document
Rule of Saint Alphonsus Liguori foundational document