Quebec law
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Quebec law is the civil law–based legal system of the Canadian province of Quebec, governing private and many public legal matters distinct from the common law systems in other provinces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quebec law canonical | 3 |
| Quebec civil law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9267491 — 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: Quebec law Context triple: [Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Quebec), legalSystemContext, Quebec law]
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A.
Quebec Civil Code
The Quebec Civil Code is the comprehensive legal framework governing private law in Quebec, rooted in continental civil law traditions and adapted to the province’s unique social and linguistic context.
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B.
Court of Québec
The Court of Québec is a provincial trial court that handles the majority of civil, criminal, and administrative cases within the province of Quebec.
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C.
Quebec courts in civil matters
Quebec courts in civil matters are the judicial bodies in the province of Quebec responsible for resolving private legal disputes under Quebec’s civil law system.
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D.
Quebec Cities and Towns Act
The Quebec Cities and Towns Act is a provincial statute that sets out the legal framework, powers, and governance rules for municipalities and their councils in Quebec.
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E.
Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec)
The Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec) is the principal statute that governs civil court proceedings and procedural rules in Quebec’s justice system.
- 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: Quebec law Target entity description: Quebec law is the civil law–based legal system of the Canadian province of Quebec, governing private and many public legal matters distinct from the common law systems in other provinces.
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A.
Quebec Civil Code
The Quebec Civil Code is the comprehensive legal framework governing private law in Quebec, rooted in continental civil law traditions and adapted to the province’s unique social and linguistic context.
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B.
Court of Québec
The Court of Québec is a provincial trial court that handles the majority of civil, criminal, and administrative cases within the province of Quebec.
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C.
Quebec courts in civil matters
Quebec courts in civil matters are the judicial bodies in the province of Quebec responsible for resolving private legal disputes under Quebec’s civil law system.
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D.
Quebec Cities and Towns Act
The Quebec Cities and Towns Act is a provincial statute that sets out the legal framework, powers, and governance rules for municipalities and their councils in Quebec.
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E.
Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec)
The Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec) is the principal statute that governs civil court proceedings and procedural rules in Quebec’s justice system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil law system
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| appliesIn | Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Civil Code of Quebec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French civil law tradition ⓘ |
| constitutionalFramework |
Constitution Act, 1867
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | common law in Canadian provinces ⓘ |
| effectiveFrom | Civil Code of Quebec in force since 1994 ⓘ |
| governs |
many public law matters in Quebec
ⓘ
private law matters in Quebec ⓘ |
| hasField |
administrative law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ consumer protection law ⓘ criminal law (federal jurisdiction applied in Quebec) ⓘ family law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ labour law ⓘ obligations law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Administrative tribunals of Quebec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Court of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Court of Appeal NERFINISHED ⓘ Superior Court of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyStatute |
Charter of the French Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Civil Code of Quebec, 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCode |
Civil Code of Quebec
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec) NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Penal Procedure (Quebec) NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Professional Conduct statutes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMixedSystem | civil law for private law and common law influences for public law ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
Civil Code of Lower Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Custom of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Canadian constitutional law
ⓘ
English public law traditions ⓘ French Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLaw |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalFamily | civil law ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Ministère de la Justice du Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizes | bijuralism in Canada ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | National Assembly of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canadian federal law
ⓘ
Indigenous legal traditions in Quebec ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCourtOfLastResort | Supreme Court of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Quebec law Description of subject: Quebec law is the civil law–based legal system of the Canadian province of Quebec, governing private and many public legal matters distinct from the common law systems in other provinces.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quebec civil law