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
Juvenile Justice Division Illinois state court system ⓘ
Law Division, Municipal Department Illinois state court system ⓘ
Illinois Compiled Statutes common law ⓘ
Dame Helen Winkelmann
surface form: Helen Winkelmann
New Zealand legal system ⓘ
Arizona Supreme Court Common law ⓘ
Supreme Court of Jamaica common law ⓘ
Khanate of Bukhara Sharia ⓘ
Khanate of Bukhara customary law ⓘ
Yap State FSM national law and state law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Bartholomew Gedney English colonial law ⓘ
Suzanne Goldberg United States law ⓘ
New States and Federal Property United States law ⓘ
Section 1
surface form: Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
United States constitutional law ⓘ
Connecticut Charter of 1662 English common law via predicate surface "legalTradition" ⓘ
National Insurance Act 1913 English law ⓘ
National Insurance Act 1913 Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
National Insurance Act 1913 Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) common law ⓘ
Court of Appeal of New Zealand common law ⓘ
New Zealand government common law ⓘ
Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch Brabantine customary law via predicate surface "legalTradition" ⓘ
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 English law ⓘ
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
Illinois Appellate Court, First District Illinois state court system via predicate surface "courtSystem" ⓘ
Siete Partidas civil law tradition via predicate surface "legalTradition" ⓘ
Haitian Constitution of 1801 civil law influenced by French law via predicate surface "legalSystemType" ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada Canadian legal system ⓘ
Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) Canadian constitutional law ⓘ
Jackson v. Georgia common law ⓘ
Lordship of Utrecht Habsburg provincial law ⓘ
European Commission of Human Rights international human rights law ⓘ
Odelsting Norwegian law ⓘ
Branch v. Texas common law ⓘ
Texcoco polity codified laws under Nezahualcoyotl via predicate surface "hasLegalSystem" ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex Anglo-Saxon law ⓘ
Civil Chamber
surface form: Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia
Colombian legal system ⓘ
Criminal Chamber
surface form: Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia
Colombian legal system ⓘ
Special Chambers
surface form: Special Chambers (Supreme Court of Colombia)
Colombian legal system ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Colombia (which handles constitutional review)
surface form: Constitutional Court of Colombia
Colombian legal system ⓘ
Council of State of Colombia (which is the highest administrative court)
surface form: Council of State of Colombia
Colombian legal system ⓘ
Colonia Valle Gómez Mexican law ⓘ
County of Roussillon Catalan customary law ⓘ
Regional Government of Sicily Italian law via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
Beverwijck Dutch law via predicate surface "hasLegalSystem" ⓘ
Province of Pennsylvania English common law with local modifications ⓘ
Hart County, Kentucky Kentucky law via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
County of Cerdanya feudal law ⓘ
East Francia Salic law ⓘ
surface form: Frankish law
East Francia tribal laws of Saxons, Bavarians, and others ⓘ
Carolingian Empire Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Capitularies of the Carolingians