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
Mexican Constitution of 1824 civil law tradition via predicate surface "legalSystemInfluence"
Siete Leyes (1836 Mexican constitutional laws)
surface form: Siete Leyes
civil law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Colonial America English common law
Oregon Supreme Court common law
Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turkish law
Supreme Court of New Zealand common law
Federal Court of Canada common law
Turks and Caicos Islands English common law
Kingdom of Württemberg civil law
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico civil law system
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico mixed civil–common law system
Permanent Court of International Justice international law
Crown of Castile Siete Partidas
Italian Social Republic civil law
Cabinet of Egypt Egyptian law
Independent State of Croatia authoritarian legal system
Tokyo High Court civil law
Electoral Palatinate Roman law influenced
Pregny-Chambésy Swiss law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
Office of the Solicitor General federal judiciary of the United States
surface form: United States federal judiciary
Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico civil law
Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico United States territorial law
Upper Canada English common law
Roman Antiquity Roman law
April Constitution of 1935 Polish law
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (pro-Axis government) constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Dutch settlers Roman-Dutch law via predicate surface "usedLegalSystem"
Kingdom of England English law
Supreme Court of Colombia Colombian judicial system
United States Associate Attorney General common law system of the United States
Crown of Aragon fueros and local customary law
Government of Mexico civil law system
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit common law
Due Process Clause United States law
surface form: United States legal system
United States law common law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Conseil administratif de Genève Swiss law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Conseil administratif de Genève cantonal law of Geneva via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Conseil administratif de Genève municipal regulations of Geneva via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Xhosa polities customary law
Title 2 of the United States Code common law
Blackmun Reports common law
Peters common law
Gibraltar English law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
Government of India Act 1858 English law
Macau civil law
District Court of the Virgin Islands United States federal court system
British Solomon Islands Protectorate English common law
British Mandate for Palestine mixed Ottoman, British, and local law
Queen of Jamaica constitutional monarchy under Westminster system
Ajmer-Merwara British Indian law via predicate surface "usedLegalSystem"