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
Article II – Bill of Rights United States constitutional law ⓘ
Article II – Bill of Rights Puerto Rican law ⓘ
Article III – The Legislative Branch civil law influenced by United States constitutional law ⓘ
Article VI – General Provisions constitutional law of Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure common law ⓘ
Western Australia common law ⓘ
Takamatsu High Court civil law system of Japan ⓘ
Oregon Constitution common law system of the United States ⓘ
Constitution of Bermuda common law ⓘ
Kuwait civil law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Kuwait Islamic law influences via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit common law ⓘ
Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution United States law ⓘ
Municipal government of San Juan Puerto Rico legal system via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
Municipal government of San Juan United States law via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
surface form: United States legal system (federal)
Article VIII – Transitory Provisions constitutional law of Puerto Rico ⓘ
National Cancer Institute Act of 1937 United States law via predicate surface "locatedInLegalSystem" ⓘ
surface form: United States legal system
Indiana state government common law ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily combination of Roman law, Norman customs, and local traditions ⓘ
Namibia Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Namibia customary law ⓘ
Johannes Voet Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Antigua and Barbuda common law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Scotland separate legal system from England and Wales via predicate surface "judicialSystem" ⓘ
Scotland Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
Judicial Code of 1911 common law ⓘ
Municipality of Culebra legal system of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "followsLegalSystem" ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty Torah law ⓘ
Constitution of Belgium civil law ⓘ
United States Code Title 29 common law ⓘ
Irish Free State common law ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause United States constitutional law ⓘ
Article V – The Judicial Branch civil law and common law mixed system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article VII – Amendments civil law influenced system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Article VII – Amendments United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: United States constitutional framework
Court of First Instance of Vatican City State Vatican civil law ⓘ
surface form: Vatican law
Eswatini mixed legal system of civil law, common law and customary law ⓘ
Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) common law ⓘ
Supreme Court of Vatican City State Vatican City legal system ⓘ
Supreme Court of Vatican City State civil law tradition via predicate surface "legalTradition" ⓘ
French West Africa French colonial law ⓘ
County Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky Kentucky state law ⓘ
County Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky United States law ⓘ
Government of San Francisco California state law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
surface form: California law
Government of San Francisco San Francisco Municipal Code via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Government of San Francisco United States law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Supreme Court of California common law ⓘ
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan Constitution of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese constitutional law
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
surface form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
French law via predicate surface "usesLegalSystem" ⓘ
Northern Ireland courts of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "judicialSystem" ⓘ
surface form: Courts of Northern Ireland