Rule 7
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Rule 7 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the use, form, and content of indictments and informations in federal criminal cases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 7 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1228775 — 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 7 Context triple: [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, contains, Rule 7]
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A.
Rule 8
Rule 8 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that sets out the basic requirements for the content and form of pleadings, including the standard for stating a claim for relief.
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B.
Rule 5
Rule 5 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the procedures and rights associated with an arrested defendant’s initial appearance before a magistrate judge.
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C.
Rule 4
Rule 4 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the issuance and execution of arrest warrants and summonses in federal criminal cases.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 7 Target entity description: Rule 7 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the use, form, and content of indictments and informations in federal criminal cases.
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A.
Rule 8
Rule 8 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that sets out the basic requirements for the content and form of pleadings, including the standard for stating a claim for relief.
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B.
Rule 5
Rule 5 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the procedures and rights associated with an arrested defendant’s initial appearance before a magistrate judge.
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C.
Rule 4
Rule 4 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the issuance and execution of arrest warrants and summonses in federal criminal cases.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
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subdivision of Rule 7 ⓘ subdivision of Rule 7 ⓘ subdivision of Rule 7 ⓘ subdivision of Rule 7 ⓘ subdivision of Rule 7 ⓘ |
| addresses |
amendment of informations but not indictments
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defendant’s right to indictment in felony cases ⓘ harmless error in citation or its omission ⓘ procedures for waiver of indictment ⓘ requirements for charging documents ⓘ striking prejudicial surplusage ⓘ |
| allows |
court to permit an information to be amended at any time before verdict or finding
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court to strike prejudicial or irrelevant allegations ⓘ defendant to waive indictment in open court ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| bindingOn | United States district courts in criminal cases ⓘ |
| governs |
amendment of an information
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content of indictments ⓘ content of informations ⓘ form of indictments ⓘ form of informations ⓘ motion to strike surplusage from an indictment ⓘ motion to strike surplusage from an information ⓘ nature and contents of an indictment ⓘ nature and contents of an information ⓘ use of indictments in federal criminal cases ⓘ use of informations in federal criminal cases ⓘ waiver of indictment ⓘ when an offense may be prosecuted by information ⓘ when an offense must be prosecuted by indictment ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Rule 7(a)
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Rule 7(b) ⓘ Rule 7(c) ⓘ Rule 7(d) ⓘ Rule 7(e) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
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surface form:
United States federal courts
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| legalSystem |
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
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surface form:
United States federal criminal procedure
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| partOf | Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ |
| prohibits |
amendment of an information if it charges an additional or different offense
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amendment of an information if it prejudices a substantial right of the defendant ⓘ |
| purpose | to regulate charging instruments in federal criminal cases ⓘ |
| requires |
a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged
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citation of the statute, rule, regulation, or other provision of law that the defendant is alleged to have violated ⓘ defendant to be advised of the nature of the charge before waiving indictment ⓘ felony offenses to be prosecuted by indictment unless waived ⓘ |
| sourceOfLaw | federal 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 7 Description of subject: Rule 7 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the use, form, and content of indictments and informations in federal criminal cases.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.