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
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
surface form: Massachusetts Constitution
Little Rock Integration Crisis Brown v. Board of Education
surface form: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision
Little Rock Integration Crisis federal court desegregation orders
Technical Cooperation Administration Point Four Program
surface form: Act for International Development of 1950
Greenwich Mean Time Coordinated Universal Time via predicate surface "basisFor"
Greenwich Mean Time UTC offset system via predicate surface "basisFor"
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
indivisibility of Habsburg Monarchy via predicate surface "legalPrinciple"
Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
female line succession in default of males via predicate surface "legalPrinciple"
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Act of 1958
First Government Junta of Chile open cabildo of Santiago on 18 September 1810
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs Act
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level) Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970
Office of Protected Resources Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
surface form: Marine Mammal Protection Act
Office of Protected Resources U.S. Endangered Species Act via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
surface form: Endangered Species Act
Office of Protected Resources Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
United States Fuel Administration Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 via predicate surface "legislativeBasis"
surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act
Office of the Attorney General Judiciary Act of 1789
Petition of Right 1628 no taxation without representation precedent via predicate surface "legalPrinciple"
Petition of Right 1628 king is subject to the law via predicate surface "legalPrinciple"
United States House leadership U.S. Constitution Article I and House rules
Capitol Police Board 2 U.S.C. § 1901 and related statutes
USCP
surface form: United States Capitol Police
United States federal law via predicate surface "hasLegalBasis"
Federal Reserve Note Federal Reserve Act of 1913 via predicate surface "governingLaw"
Government of Norway Constitution of Norway via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis"
Decree 1747 of 1940 subsequent Chilean Antarctic legislation via predicate surface "basisFor"
Europe/London UK law on summer time
National Health Service National Health Service Act 1946
National Health Service National Health Service Act 1948
New York Independent Redistricting Commission New York State Constitution
New York Independent Redistricting Commission constitutional amendment approved by New York voters in 2014
New York Independent Redistricting Commission New York Election Law via predicate surface "governingLaw"
New York Independent Redistricting Commission New York State Constitution via predicate surface "governingLaw"
surface form: New York State Constitution Article III (redistricting provisions)
Georgia State Route System Georgia Code transportation statutes via predicate surface "hasLegalDefinition"
PWA
surface form: Public Works Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act
surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
Division of Investment Management Investment Company Act of 1940 via predicate surface "appliesLaw"
Division of Investment Management Investment Advisers Act of 1940 via predicate surface "appliesLaw"
Division of Investment Management U.S. Securities Act of 1933 via predicate surface "appliesLaw"
surface form: Securities Act of 1933
Division of Investment Management U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 via predicate surface "appliesLaw"
surface form: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Federal Security Agency Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939
surface form: Reorganization Act of 1939
Commissioner of Baseball Major League Constitution via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
Commissioner of Baseball collective bargaining agreements with MLBPA via predicate surface "legalAuthority"
European Medicines Agency Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
Historic Sites Act of 1935 National Historic Landmark via predicate surface "legalBasisFor"
surface form: National Historic Landmarks designations
Imperial House of Japan Constitution of Japan
Imperial House of Japan Imperial Household Law
Public Prosecutors Office of Japan Public Prosecutors Office Act of Japan
Public Prosecutors Office of Japan Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan
Joint Economic Committee of Congress Public Law 79-304
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives 2 U.S.C. § 285
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives 2 U.S.C. §§ 285–285g