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.

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
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales common law
Military Justice Act of 2016 United States military justice system
Oregon Court of Appeals common law
Oregon Court of Appeals Oregon state court system via predicate surface "courtSystem"
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria feudal law
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Government of Iran Islamic law
Government of Iran civil law
Government of South Africa mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch civil law and English common law
Director of Public Prosecutions common law
Ottoman sultan Sharia
Ottoman sultan Kanun
Government of Argentina civil law system
Supreme Court of Argentina civil law
Constitution of the Netherlands civil law
Spanish America Spanish law
surface form: Castilian law
Spanish America Laws of the Indies
Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Code
District of Columbia Office of Zoning District of Columbia municipal law
Qing dynasty Qing Code
Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Article 48 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Alexandria County American common law
Cossack Hetmanate Cossack customary law
Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires civil law
Rashidun Caliphate Sharia
surface form: Islamic law
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany German law
Constitution of Italy civil law
Article 83 of the Constitution of Italy Italian constitutional law
government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel
mixed legal system of common law and civil law with religious courts
Lord Warden of the Stannaries stannary law
Article 50 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
City Commission of Key West Florida law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
City Commission of Key West Key West municipal code via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Seal of the District Court of Guam federal judiciary of the United States
surface form: United States federal legal system
Title 48 of the United States Code United States federal law
Faculty of Law
surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Chile
civil law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Judicial branch of Chile civil law system of Chile via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
Hittite Empire Hittite laws
Tenure of Office Act often cited in debates over presidential removal power via predicate surface "legalLegacy"
Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Article 90 of the Constitution of Italy Italian constitutional law
Kingdom of Navarre Navarrese fueros via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Los Angeles County Superior Court common law
Assyria Middle Assyrian Laws
Supreme Court of Chile Chilean legal system
Davis County, Iowa Territory territorial law of Iowa Territory via predicate surface "usedLegalSystem"
New France Custom of Paris
Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law