Rule 21
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Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 21 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1228781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 21 Context triple: [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, contains, Rule 21]
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A.
Rule 15
Rule 15 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs when and how parties may amend their pleadings in civil lawsuits.
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B.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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C.
Rule 82
Rule 82 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that clarifies the rules do not extend or limit the jurisdiction of federal courts or venue requirements.
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D.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the signing of pleadings and motions, requiring attorneys and parties to certify that their filings are legally and factually grounded and not submitted for improper purposes, with sanctions available for violations.
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E.
Rule 65
Rule 65 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the issuance and terms of temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions in federal civil cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 21 Target entity description: Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
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A.
Rule 15
Rule 15 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs when and how parties may amend their pleadings in civil lawsuits.
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B.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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C.
Rule 82
Rule 82 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that clarifies the rules do not extend or limit the jurisdiction of federal courts or venue requirements.
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D.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the signing of pleadings and motions, requiring attorneys and parties to certify that their filings are legally and factually grounded and not submitted for improper purposes, with sanctions available for violations.
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E.
Rule 65
Rule 65 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the issuance and terms of temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions in federal civil cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| aimsToProtect | defendant’s right to a fair trial ⓘ |
| allows |
transfer of proceedings for convenience of parties
ⓘ
transfer of proceedings for convenience of the court ⓘ transfer of proceedings for convenience of witnesses ⓘ transfer of proceedings for prejudice against the defendant ⓘ |
| appliesIn | United States district courts ⓘ |
| appliesTo | criminal cases ⓘ |
| authority |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Court of the United States (rulemaking authority)
|
| basedOn | interest of justice ⓘ |
| concerns |
transfer of trial location
ⓘ
venue in criminal cases ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governs | transfer of criminal proceedings ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffectOn | venue of federal criminal trials ⓘ |
| isCitedAs |
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
ⓘ
surface form:
Fed. R. Crim. P. 21
|
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalCategory | federal procedural law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal criminal justice system ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| protects |
due process rights of the accused
ⓘ
impartiality of the jury ⓘ |
| purpose |
ensure fairness in criminal proceedings
ⓘ
promote convenience in criminal proceedings ⓘ |
| regulates | transfer of proceedings from one district court to another ⓘ |
| scope | federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| standard | interest of justice ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | change of venue in criminal cases ⓘ |
| typeOf | procedural rule ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rule 21 Description of subject: Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.