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
Te Kōti Mana Nui common law
SCNZ
surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand
common law
Foreign Affairs Committee Turkish law
New Zealand courts common law
New Zealand courts Westminster system via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Triennial Act 1641 English common law
Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure Oregon Judicial Department
surface form: Oregon state court system
Corsican Republic written constitution
Quebec City Council Quebec municipal law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York courthouse in White Plains common law
Electorate of Bavaria territorial law of Bavaria
Faculty of Law
surface form: Faculty of Law, Kyoto University
Japanese law via predicate surface "countryLegalSystemFocus"
New York Court of Claims common law
Coahuila y Tejas Mexican law
Article 87 of the Constitution of Italy Italian constitutional law
Code of Ur-Nammu Sumerian law
Article 49 of the Constitution of Japan Japanese constitutional law
Zhou dynasty ritual-based order (li)
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom common law
High Court of Justice of England and Wales English law
High Court of Justice of England and Wales Welsh law
The Supreme Court
surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
common law
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women Inter-American human rights system
surface form: inter-American human rights system
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
tribal customary law via predicate surface "usedLegalSystem"
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
jirga system via predicate surface "usedLegalSystem"
Advocate General of Madras common law
Advocate General of Madras Anglo-Indian legal system
Government of Tamil Nadu Indian legal system via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Government of Tamil Nadu Common law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
government of American Samoa American common law
government of American Samoa customary Samoan law (faʻa Samoa)
London Government Act 1963 English law via predicate surface "locatedInLegalSystem"
National Insurance Act 1920 English law
High Court of New Zealand common law
Attorney-General of New Zealand common law
Kokand Khanate Islamic law
Kokand Khanate customary law
Leyes Constitucionales de 1836 civil law
Laws of Puerto Rico Annotated civil law
Laws of Puerto Rico Annotated common law influences
Roman Rota canon law
Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco international law
Advisory Opinion on Minority Schools in Albania League of Nations era international law
Federal Courts Act common law system of Canada
Part VII – Judicature Canadian legal system
Part X – Intercolonial Railway Canadian constitutional law
Municipal Assembly of Albufeira Portuguese law
Minister of Justice of Cuba socialist legal system via predicate surface "legalSystemType"
Minister of Justice of Cuba civil law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
1917 Code of Canon Law canon law