Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
E131286
The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts are key Scottish statutes that set the time limits within which civil legal claims must be raised or are extinguished.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1144984 — 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: Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts Context triple: [Scots civil law, regulatedBy, Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts]
-
A.
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947
The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 was the legislation that established a publicly funded, comprehensive health service in Scotland, forming part of the post-war creation of the UK’s National Health Service.
-
B.
National Health Service Act 1977
The National Health Service Act 1977 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidated and updated the legal framework governing the operation and organization of the National Health Service in England and Wales.
-
C.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
-
D.
Medical Act 1983
The Medical Act 1983 is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the medical profession, including the registration and oversight of doctors, primarily through the powers it grants to the General Medical Council.
-
E.
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
The National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 was UK legislation that fundamentally restructured the National Health Service in England and Wales, introducing new administrative bodies and altering how health services were managed and delivered.
- 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: Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts Target entity description: The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts are key Scottish statutes that set the time limits within which civil legal claims must be raised or are extinguished.
-
A.
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947
The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 was the legislation that established a publicly funded, comprehensive health service in Scotland, forming part of the post-war creation of the UK’s National Health Service.
-
B.
National Health Service Act 1977
The National Health Service Act 1977 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidated and updated the legal framework governing the operation and organization of the National Health Service in England and Wales.
-
C.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
-
D.
Medical Act 1983
The Medical Act 1983 is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the medical profession, including the registration and oversight of doctors, primarily through the powers it grants to the General Medical Council.
-
E.
National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973
The National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 was UK legislation that fundamentally restructured the National Health Service in England and Wales, introducing new administrative bodies and altering how health services were managed and delivered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish statute
ⓘ
civil law statute ⓘ legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil claims
ⓘ
obligations arising from contract ⓘ obligations arising from delict ⓘ obligations relating to property rights ⓘ obligations to make reparation ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| defines | time limits for raising civil actions ⓘ |
| enactedBy |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| excludes |
certain criminal proceedings
ⓘ
certain family law claims ⓘ |
| goal |
to prevent stale claims
ⓘ
to promote finality in legal disputes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1988
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 2012
|
| inForceIn |
Court of Session Outer House
ⓘ
surface form:
Court of Session
sheriff court ⓘ
surface form:
Sheriff Court
|
| jurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConcept |
damages claims
ⓘ
date of knowledge ⓘ latent damage ⓘ limitation period ⓘ negative prescription ⓘ obligation ⓘ personal injury claims ⓘ positive prescription ⓘ |
| legalField |
civil procedure
ⓘ
obligations law ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
Scots law (to a limited extent)
ⓘ
surface form:
Scots law
|
| providesFor |
interruption of prescription
ⓘ
judicial discretion to override time bar in limited cases ⓘ suspension of limitation periods in specified circumstances ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide legal certainty in civil obligations
ⓘ
to set time limits within which civil legal claims must be raised ⓘ |
| region | Scotland ⓘ |
| regulates |
extinction of obligations by prescription
ⓘ
time-bar of claims ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil claims time limits
ⓘ
limitation of actions ⓘ prescription ⓘ |
| typeOfTimeLimit |
limitation period
ⓘ
prescriptive period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts Description of subject: The Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts are key Scottish statutes that set the time limits within which civil legal claims must be raised or are extinguished.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
→
hasPart
→
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
→
hasPart
→
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
→
hasPart
→
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1988
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
→
hasPart
→
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 2012
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
→
hasPart
→
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Acts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018