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
Canton of Valence-2 French law ⓘ
Government of Kazakhstan civil law system ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate Sharia ⓘ
Parliament of Kazakhstan legal system of Kazakhstan via predicate surface "countryLegalSystem" ⓘ
Tokyo District Court civil law system ⓘ
100th United States Congress United States law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Halden municipal council Norwegian law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Lordship of Friesland Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig via predicate surface "legalSystemConcerned" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: courts of the Free City of Danzig
Advisory Opinion on the Interpretation of the Greco-Turkish Agreement of 1 December 1926 public international law ⓘ
Akrotiri and Dhekelia English law ⓘ
President of the Marshall Islands mixed legal system of US and customary law ⓘ
Toleration Act 1689 English law ⓘ
Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
Title 12 of the United States Code United States federal law ⓘ
Charlestown, Nevis English common law-based system via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Title 49 of the United States Code federal law of the United States ⓘ
Portuguese Crown Portuguese customary and Roman law traditions ⓘ
Intellectual Property High Court civil law ⓘ
Sint Eustatius Dutch law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Versailles civil law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Versailles French legal system via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Israeli Chief Rabbinate halakha via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Law Regarding Measures of State Self-Defense Nazi legal system ⓘ
Committee on Legal Affairs German legal system ⓘ
Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention on Human Rights public international law ⓘ
First Chamber
surface form: First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)
Mexican legal system ⓘ
Plenary of the Supreme Court civil law system of Mexico ⓘ
Statutes of Westminster English law ⓘ
SCJN civil law system of Mexico ⓘ
Caribbean Netherlands Dutch law ⓘ
Wallis and Futuna French law ⓘ
Tosefta Halakha via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
Australian Constitution common law ⓘ
Government of Western Australia common law ⓘ
Statute of Mortmain English law ⓘ
Organic Act of the Judiciary of Puerto Rico civil law influenced system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Second Chamber
surface form: Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Mexican legal system ⓘ
Saint Thomas–Saint John District U.S. Virgin Islands law ⓘ
Government of Nigeria mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law (in some states), and customary law ⓘ
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court common law ⓘ
Sup Ct New York State Judiciary ⓘ
surface form: New York state court system
Sint Maarten Dutch civil law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Illinois state court system common law ⓘ
Criminal Division
surface form: Criminal Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)
Illinois state court system ⓘ
Criminal Division
surface form: Criminal Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)
adversarial system ⓘ
Law Division
surface form: Law Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)
Illinois state court system via predicate surface "courtSystem" ⓘ
Chancery Division common law ⓘ
Domestic Relations Division Illinois state court system ⓘ
Probate Division
surface form: Probate Division (Circuit Court of Cook County)
Illinois state court system ⓘ