legalBasis

P125
predicate

Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
legalBasis canonical 17,977
appliesLaw 3,515
governingLaw 2,661

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: legalBasis
Generated description
Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.

Sample triples (35,843)

Subject Object
Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Code via predicate surface "appliesStatutoryFramework"
Parliament of Bermuda Constitution of Bermuda via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
federal judiciary of the United States Article III via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
federal judiciary of the United States Article I of the United States Constitution via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
federal judiciary of the United States Article IV via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution
federal judiciary of the United States federal law via predicate surface "appliesLaw"
Judicial Conference of the United States Title 28 of the United States Code
Judicial Conference of the United States 28 U.S.C. § 331
Supreme Court Police federal law via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
Civil Rights Act of 1866 42 U.S.C. § 1981 via predicate surface "legalBasisFor"
Civil Rights Act of 1866 42 U.S.C. § 1982 via predicate surface "legalBasisFor"
United States Postal Service Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 via predicate surface "governingLaw"
Vatican civil law pontifical legislation via predicate surface "sourceOfLaw"
Vatican civil law laws of Vatican City State via predicate surface "sourceOfLaw"
Vatican civil law regulations of the Governorate of Vatican City State via predicate surface "sourceOfLaw"
Vatican civil law international agreements of the Holy See applicable to Vatican City via predicate surface "sourceOfLaw"
YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem Law, 1953
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense 10 U.S.C. § 132
National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute Act of 1937
National Cancer Institute National Cancer Act of 1971
Assistant Attorney General of Indiana Indiana Code via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
Assistant Attorney General of Indiana Indiana Constitution via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Code
Massachusetts Governor's Council Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Trusteeship Council Charter of the United Nations
World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Convention
North Atlantic Council North Atlantic Treaty
surface form: Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty
United States flag Grand Union Flag
surface form: Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777
Council on Environmental Quality National Environmental Policy Act
Council on Environmental Quality Title 42 of the United States Code
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union
surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union
Federal Parliament of Belgium Constitution of Belgium via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
National Intelligence Program National Security Act of 1947
surface form: National Security Act of 1947 as amended
National Intelligence Program Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
Bòrd na Gàidhlig Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 via predicate surface "legislativeBasis"
Bòrd na Gàidhlig Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 via predicate surface "operatesWithinLegalFramework"
United States Mint Coinage Act of 1792
National Park Service National Park Service Organic Act
Librarian of Congress Act of Congress
United States Copyright Office Title 17 of the United States Code
United States Copyright Office U.S. Copyright Act
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled U.S. federal law
Illinois militia Illinois state militia laws
Illinois militia United States militia acts
Office of Strategic Services presidential military order of 1942
Federal Reserve System Federal Reserve Act of 1913
United States Armed Forces United States Constitution
United States Armed Forces Title 10 of the United States Code
United States Armed Forces Title 14 of the United States Code
United States Armed Forces Title 32 of the United States Code