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
His Majesty’s Government royal prerogative via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
His Majesty’s Government statute law via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
His Majesty’s Government constitutional conventions via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
Lord of Mann Isle of Man constitutional law via predicate surface "hasLegalBasisIn"
Lord of Mann prerogative of the Crown via predicate surface "hasLegalBasisIn"
New Model Army Self-Denying Ordinance
New Model Army New Model Ordinance
Moscow Time Russian federal time law
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
surface form: German Basic Law
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety federal ministerial laws of Germany
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of 1951
Public Health Emergency of International Concern international health regulations
surface form: International Health Regulations (2005)
World Health Assembly Constitution of the World Health Organization
Council of State (Portugal) 1976 Portuguese Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
Order of Liberty (Portugal) Portuguese honors system law
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice Statute of the International Court of Justice
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees via predicate surface "legalBasisFor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UN peacekeepers Charter of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Charter
Septuagint Old Latin translations via predicate surface "basisFor"
Septuagint Coptic Bible translations via predicate surface "basisFor"
Septuagint Armenian Bible via predicate surface "basisFor"
Septuagint Georgian Bible via predicate surface "basisFor"
Army Secretariat Title 10 of the United States Code
Maryland General Assembly Constitution of Maryland via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army resolutions of the Continental Congress
Belmont School Committee Massachusetts state law on school committees via predicate surface "hasLegalBasis"
Declaration and Resolves English constitution via predicate surface "basisInLaw"
Declaration and Resolves laws of nature via predicate surface "basisInLaw"
Declaration and Resolves immutable laws of nature via predicate surface "basisInLaw"
Declaration and Resolves principles of the English constitution via predicate surface "basisInLaw"
Declaration and Resolves charters of the colonies via predicate surface "basisInLaw"
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Geneva Conventions via predicate surface "hasLegalBasisIn"
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions via predicate surface "hasLegalBasisIn"
United States presidential election United States Constitution
United States presidential election Article II of the United States Constitution
United States presidential election Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
United States presidential election Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
United States presidential election federal and state election laws
United States Secretary of Labor United States Code
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development United States federal law
United States Secretary of Energy Title 42 of the United States Code
surface form: United States Code, Title 42
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Title 38 of the United States Code
United States Secretary of Homeland Security Title 6 of the United States Code
STATE
surface form: United States Department of State
United States federal law
FRB Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Vice Chair for Supervision Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal Nuremberg trials via predicate surface "legalBasisFor"
surface form: Nuremberg Trials
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal trial of major Nazi leaders via predicate surface "legalBasisFor"
Ministries Trial Allied Control Council Law No. 10