Rule 12
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Rule 12 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs pretrial motions and procedures for raising defenses and objections in federal criminal cases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 12 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1228778 — 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 12 Context triple: [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, contains, Rule 12]
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A.
Rule 21
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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B.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the process and requirements for accepting guilty pleas in federal criminal cases.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Rule 1
Rule 1 is the introductory provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that sets out their scope and purpose in governing criminal proceedings in U.S. federal courts.
- 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 12 Target entity description: Rule 12 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs pretrial motions and procedures for raising defenses and objections in federal criminal cases.
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A.
Rule 21
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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B.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the process and requirements for accepting guilty pleas in federal criminal cases.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Rule 1
Rule 1 is the introductory provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that sets out their scope and purpose in governing criminal proceedings in U.S. federal courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| allows | court to grant relief from waiver for good cause ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
criminal proceedings
ⓘ
defendants in federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ government in federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| authorityType | procedural rule ⓘ |
| authorizes | court to set deadlines for pretrial motions ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
federal district courts
ⓘ
parties in federal criminal cases ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| encourages | defendant to raise all available defenses and objections in a single pretrial motion ⓘ |
| governs |
consolidation of motions
ⓘ
defenses that must be raised by motion before trial ⓘ objections that must be raised by motion before trial ⓘ pleadings in criminal cases ⓘ pretrial motions ⓘ pretrial motions in federal criminal cases ⓘ procedures for raising defenses in federal criminal cases ⓘ procedures for raising objections in federal criminal cases ⓘ record of a pretrial motion hearing ⓘ rulings on pretrial motions ⓘ scheduling of pretrial motions ⓘ waiver of defenses and objections ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Rule 12(a)
ⓘ
Rule 12(b) ⓘ Rule 12(c) ⓘ Rule 12(d) ⓘ Rule 12(e) ⓘ Rule 12(f) ⓘ Rule 12(g) ⓘ |
| includes |
motions alleging defects in the indictment or information
ⓘ
motions alleging defects in the institution of the prosecution ⓘ motions for mental competency determinations ⓘ motions for severance ⓘ motions to suppress evidence ⓘ |
| interactsWith | indictment or information in criminal cases ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
|
| legalEffect | failure to comply may result in waiver of defenses ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States law ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| provides | certain defenses and objections are waived if not raised by the deadline ⓘ |
| purpose |
to avoid unnecessary trials or delays
ⓘ
to promote efficient resolution of legal issues before trial ⓘ |
| requires |
certain defenses and objections to be raised before trial
ⓘ
court to decide pretrial motions before trial when practicable ⓘ record to be made of pretrial motion hearings ⓘ timely assertion of certain defenses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | criminal procedure ⓘ |
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 12 Description of subject: Rule 12 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs pretrial motions and procedures for raising defenses and objections in federal criminal cases.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.