precedentSystem
P15038
predicate
Indicates that one legal system or framework serves as a source of precedent or authoritative guidance for another system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| precedentSystem canonical | 2 |
| usesPrecedentFrom | 2 |
| governsPrecedentIn | 1 |
| hasPrecedentSystem | 1 |
| precedentAuthority | 1 |
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: precedentSystem
Generated description
Indicates that one legal system or framework serves as a source of precedent or authoritative guidance for another system.
Sample triples (7)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court of Canada | stare decisis ⓘ |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
via predicate surface "governsPrecedentIn"
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Circuit
|
|
HCA
surface form:
High Court of Australia
|
its decisions bind all Australian courts via predicate surface "precedentAuthority" ⓘ |
| Texas state law | common law via predicate surface "hasPrecedentSystem" ⓘ |
| Judiciary of Northern Ireland | Supreme Court of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "usesPrecedentFrom" ⓘ |
| Wyoming Supreme Court | binding precedent on all Wyoming state courts ⓘ |
| Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia via predicate surface "usesPrecedentFrom" NERFINISHED ⓘ |