West American Digest System
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The West American Digest System is a comprehensive legal indexing and classification system that organizes U.S. case law by subject to facilitate research in the National Reporter System and related West publications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West American Digest System canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T570389 — 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: West American Digest System Context triple: [National Reporter System, uses, West American Digest System]
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A.
Amerasian Basin
The Amerasian Basin is a major deep-water region of the Arctic Ocean located north of North America and Siberia, characterized by complex seafloor topography and significant geological and geopolitical interest.
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B.
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the 180th meridian, encompassing the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa.
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C.
West Region
The West Region is one of the four geographic brackets used to organize teams and games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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D.
Système continental
Système continental is the French name for the Continental System, Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade designed to weaken Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Interior United States
The Interior United States refers to the inland regions of the country away from coastal areas, encompassing much of the central and midcontinental states.
- 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: West American Digest System Target entity description: The West American Digest System is a comprehensive legal indexing and classification system that organizes U.S. case law by subject to facilitate research in the National Reporter System and related West publications.
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A.
Amerasian Basin
The Amerasian Basin is a major deep-water region of the Arctic Ocean located north of North America and Siberia, characterized by complex seafloor topography and significant geological and geopolitical interest.
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B.
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the 180th meridian, encompassing the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa.
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C.
West Region
The West Region is one of the four geographic brackets used to organize teams and games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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D.
Système continental
Système continental is the French name for the Continental System, Napoleon Bonaparte’s large-scale economic blockade designed to weaken Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
Interior United States
The Interior United States refers to the inland regions of the country away from coastal areas, encompassing much of the central and midcontinental states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
case law digest system
ⓘ
legal indexing system ⓘ legal research tool ⓘ |
| availableOn | Westlaw ⓘ |
| classificationType |
hierarchical classification system
ⓘ
subject-based classification ⓘ |
| component |
headnotes
ⓘ
key numbers ⓘ topic classification ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| domain |
case law
ⓘ
common law ⓘ |
| feature |
alphabetical topic arrangement
ⓘ
cross-references between topics ⓘ descriptive word index ⓘ historical coverage of U.S. case law ⓘ table of cases ⓘ |
| field |
law
ⓘ
legal research ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online database
ⓘ
print volumes ⓘ |
| organizesBy |
court
ⓘ
date ⓘ jurisdiction ⓘ key number ⓘ legal topic ⓘ |
| primaryJurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
United States state courts ⓘ |
| publisher |
Thomson Reuters
ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate legal research in case law
ⓘ
to organize U.S. case law by subject ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Digest System
ⓘ
National Reporter System ⓘ West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form:
West Key Number System
|
| supportsTask |
finding cases by legal issue
ⓘ
tracing development of legal doctrines ⓘ updating case law research ⓘ |
| usedBy |
judges
ⓘ
law students ⓘ lawyers ⓘ legal researchers ⓘ |
| usedWith |
National Reporter System
ⓘ
West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form:
West Key Number System
West digests ⓘ West reporters ⓘ |
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: West American Digest System Description of subject: The West American Digest System is a comprehensive legal indexing and classification system that organizes U.S. case law by subject to facilitate research in the National Reporter System and related West publications.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.