legalSystem

P605
predicate

Indicates the formal framework of laws, rules, and institutions that governs how legal matters are defined, interpreted, and enforced within a society or jurisdiction.

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All labels observed (70)

Label Occurrences
legalSystem canonical 8,911
appliesLegalSystem 1,314
usesLegalSystem 453

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: legalSystem
Generated description
Indicates the formal framework of laws, rules, and institutions that governs how legal matters are defined, interpreted, and enforced within a society or jurisdiction.

Sample triples (12,809)

Subject Object
Article 48 of the Constitution of Norway Constitution of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian constitutional law
Taliban Sharia law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Supreme Court of Maryland common law ⓘ
Supreme Court of Maryland Maryland state court system via predicate surface "courtSystem" ⓘ
the Crown common law ⓘ
Puerto Rico Department of Justice civil law system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Mayor of Kaiapoi New Zealand law ⓘ
Crown in right of the Isle of Man Manx law ⓘ
Trial of the Twenty-One Soviet legal system ⓘ
19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia Judicial System of Virginia via predicate surface "courtSystem" ⓘ
Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem of Mexico civil law system of Mexico ⓘ
Lord of Parliament Scots law (to a limited extent) via predicate surface "associatedLegalSystem" ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
Council of State of France civil law ⓘ
Appellate Court of Maryland common law ⓘ
Departmental Council of Allier French law ⓘ
British Virgin Islands English common law ⓘ
Samoa mixed legal system of English common law and customary law ⓘ
Government of the United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands law ⓘ
Government of the United States Virgin Islands United States federal law ⓘ
Germanic peoples Germanic law via predicate surface "legalTradition" ⓘ
District Court of Maryland common law ⓘ
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Italian law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Vanuatu mixed legal system of English common law and French civil law ⓘ
New York Problem-Solving Courts common law ⓘ
Coweta Judicial Circuit common law system ⓘ
Organic Articles of 1802 French civil law ⓘ
Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
surface form: Inter-American system of human rights protection
Weimar Republic civil law ⓘ
Lord of Ahaus feudal law via predicate surface "hasSystemOfLaw" ⓘ
Body of Civil Law Roman law ⓘ
Digest Roman law ⓘ
Digest Roman law ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine law
Institutes Roman law ⓘ
Institutes civil law via predicate surface "legalFamily" ⓘ
German Civil Code civil law system ⓘ
Title 54 of the United States Code United States federal law ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
East Windsor, Connecticut Colony English common law (colonial) ⓘ
Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950 United States federal law ⓘ
British Guiana English common law ⓘ
Baker v. Nelson common law ⓘ
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States civil law via predicate surface "legalSystemFamily" ⓘ
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
Castile Siete Partidas ⓘ
Codex Justinianus Roman law ⓘ
Codex Justinianus civil law via predicate surface "legalFamily" ⓘ
French Guiana French legal system via predicate surface "judicialSystem" ⓘ
Seychelles mixed legal system of English common law and French civil law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
New England Colonies English common law ⓘ
Novellae Constitutiones Roman law ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine law