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
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
common law
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York common law
Supreme Court Secretariat civil law system of Japan
Constitution of Cuba socialist legal system
Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code
United States federal law
Supreme Court of Nigeria Nigerian legal system
Supreme Court of Nigeria common law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Cayman Islands English common law
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands United States common law
Title 33 of the United States Code United States federal law
Osaka High Court civil law
SCJ
surface form: Supreme Court of Japan
civil law
First Petty Bench civil law system of Japan
First Petty Bench civil law with elements of judicial precedent via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Government of Greece civil law system
Municipality of Playas de Rosarito Mexican law
Faculty of Law
surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Havana
Cuban legal system via predicate surface "countryLegalSystemContext"
General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury common law system of the United States
Article VII
surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution
United States federal law
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 common law
Nagoya High Court civil law system
Judiciary of Massachusetts common law
IRC
surface form: Internal Revenue Code
United States federal law
Court of Session (in peerage matters) Scots law
Supreme Court of Peru civil law system
Supreme Court of Peru Roman–Germanic law tradition via predicate surface "legalTradition"
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Indian legal system
Viceroyalty of Peru Castilian law
Viceroyalty of Peru Laws of the Indies
Fukuoka High Court civil law system
United Arab Emirates civil law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
United Arab Emirates Sharia via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
surface form: Sharia law
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit common law
Viceroyalty of New Granada Spanish law
Sendai High Court civil law
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit common law
Western Roman Empire Roman law
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) Mosaic law (as traditionally understood)
Crown in right of New Zealand common law
Government of New South Wales Australian legal system
Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) common law
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Spanish colonial law
Simon van Leeuwen Roman-Dutch law via predicate surface "legalSystemInfluenced"
Simon van Leeuwen Roman-Dutch law via predicate surface "legalSystemInfluenced"
surface form: South African law
Simon van Leeuwen Sri Lankan law via predicate surface "legalSystemInfluenced"
Sapporo High Court civil law
William J. Hochul Jr. United States federal law
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit common law
Djibouti mixed civil law and customary law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem"
Mexican Congress civil law