Second Petty Bench
E11059
The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Petty Bench canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T106056 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Petty Bench Context triple: [Supreme Court of Japan, hasDivision, Second Petty Bench]
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A.
First Petty Bench
The First Petty Bench is one of the smaller judicial panels within the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload.
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B.
Superior Court of Judicature
The Superior Court of Judicature was the highest colonial-era court in Massachusetts, serving as the chief appellate and trial court before being succeeded by the modern Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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C.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York is the state's intermediate appellate court, organized into four judicial departments that review civil and criminal decisions from lower courts.
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E.
Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Petty Bench Target entity description: The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
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A.
First Petty Bench
The First Petty Bench is one of the smaller judicial panels within the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload.
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B.
Superior Court of Judicature
The Superior Court of Judicature was the highest colonial-era court in Massachusetts, serving as the chief appellate and trial court before being succeeded by the modern Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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C.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York is the state's intermediate appellate court, organized into four judicial departments that review civil and criminal decisions from lower courts.
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E.
Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
judicial panel
ⓘ
petty bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Daisan Shōhōtei
ⓘ
surface form:
Daini Shōhōtei (Japanese romanization)
|
| authority |
Constitution of Japan
ⓘ
laws of Japan ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | Judicial branch of Japan ⓘ |
| compositionType | collegial court ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| courtType | appellate court ⓘ |
| decisionType | panel decisions ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| function | to hear a portion of the Supreme Court of Japan’s appellate caseload ⓘ |
| governedBy | Court Act of Japan ⓘ |
| handles |
administrative cases on appeal
ⓘ
civil cases on appeal ⓘ |
| hasNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| hasPeer |
First Petty Bench
ⓘ
Third Petty Bench ⓘ |
| hearsAppealsFrom | high courts of Japan ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese legal system ⓘ |
| levelOfCourt | court of last resort ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Supreme Court of Japan Building
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Court of Japan building
Tokyo ⓘ |
| partOf | Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| relativeSize | smaller panel compared to the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| role | to decide cases assigned to it from the Supreme Court’s docket ⓘ |
| subjectMatterFocus |
administrative law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Supreme Court of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Second Petty Bench Description of subject: The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.