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
Blackmun common law
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit common law
Kingdom of Albania civil law
Falkland Islands English common law via predicate surface "judicialSystem"
Massachusetts Bay Company English common law
Mexican Alta California Mexican law
Guadeloupe French law
Andean Community supranational law
Pharaonic Egypt customary law
Government of Bermuda common law
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 common law GENERATED
Province of Massachusetts Bay English common law
Saikō-Saibansho civil law system of Japan
Taishin-in Japanese law
First Deemster (on advice) Manx law
First Deemster (on advice) common law via predicate surface "legalTradition"
courts of the United Kingdom English law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
courts of the United Kingdom Scots law (to a limited extent) via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
surface form: Scots law
courts of the United Kingdom Northern Ireland law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly law of Northern Ireland
Ptolemaic Kingdom combination of Greek and Egyptian law
Acts of the Scottish Parliament Scots law (to a limited extent)
surface form: Scots law
Howard common law
Title 28 of the United States Code United States federal law
Inns of Court common law
Bar Council of England and Wales common law
Aztec Empire codified laws
Government of Portugal civil law system
Title 42 of the United States Code United States federal law
Dallas common law
Council of Ministers (Isle of Man) Manx law
Ancien Régime customary law
Ancien Régime royal ordinances
MERCOSUR international law
New Hampshire General Assembly English common law
Middle Temple common law
Chapter 3 – Protection of the President; United States Secret Service common law–influenced federal legal system of the United States
Isle of Man Constabulary common law
California Appellate Reports California state law
Caribbean Community Caribbean Court of Justice as final court for some member states
United Kingdom of the Netherlands civil law
Bavarian judiciary civil law
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 occupation law in Germany
Bengal Presidency Anglo-Indian law
East Jersey English common law
Nevada Legislature common law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain English law via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain Scots law (to a limited extent) via predicate surface "appliesLegalSystem"
surface form: Scots law
West Jersey English common law
Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign)
surface form: Code Louis
Ancien Régime law