D. Md.
E336494
D. Md. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a federal trial court within the Fourth Circuit.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3201224 — 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: D. Md. Context triple: [United States District Court for the District of Maryland, shortName, D. Md.]
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A.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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B.
D. Mass.
D. Mass. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a federal trial court within the First Circuit.
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C.
D. Minn.
D. Minn. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, a federal trial court within the Eighth Circuit.
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D.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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E.
D. Vt.
D. Vt. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, a federal trial court within the Second Circuit.
- 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: D. Md. Target entity description: D. Md. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a federal trial court within the Fourth Circuit.
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A.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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B.
D. Mass.
D. Mass. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a federal trial court within the First Circuit.
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C.
D. Minn.
D. Minn. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, a federal trial court within the Eighth Circuit.
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D.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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D. Vt.
D. Vt. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, a federal trial court within the Second Circuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States district court
ⓘ
federal trial court ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | United States District Court for the District of Maryland ⓘ |
| appellateCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ |
| circuitNumber |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourth Circuit
|
| citationContext | Bluebook legal citation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courtSystem | federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ |
| courtType | trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| fullName | United States District Court for the District of Maryland ⓘ |
| handles |
bankruptcy appeals from bankruptcy courts in Maryland
ⓘ
civil rights actions under federal statutes ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions brought by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland ⓘ habeas corpus petitions under federal law ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
United States Constitution issues within its district
ⓘ
federal law matters in Maryland ⓘ |
| hearsCases |
cases arising under federal law
ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ |
| isAbbreviationType | court abbreviation ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
federal judiciary of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal court system
|
| isStandardLegalAbbreviation | true ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Maryland ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| levelInSystem | United States district court level ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourth Circuit
|
| regionServed |
Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maryland
|
| usesCitationAbbreviation | D. Md. ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: D. Md. Description of subject: D. Md. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a federal trial court within the Fourth Circuit.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
D. Del.