German Civil Code
E28709
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German Civil Code canonical | 7 |
| Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch | 3 |
| German Civil Code (BGB) | 1 |
| German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB) | 1 |
| German Civil Code (labour-related provisions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T223971 — 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: German Civil Code Context triple: [Corpus Juris Civilis, influenced, German Civil Code]
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A.
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.
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B.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is a landmark 1804 French civil law code that modernized and standardized legal principles such as equality before the law, property rights, and secular authority, profoundly influencing legal systems worldwide.
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C.
Roman-Dutch law
Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.
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D.
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands)
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) is the Dutch Civil Code, a comprehensive body of private law that in some areas reflects principles derived from Roman-Dutch legal tradition.
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E.
NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
- 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: German Civil Code Target entity description: The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
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A.
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.
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B.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is a landmark 1804 French civil law code that modernized and standardized legal principles such as equality before the law, property rights, and secular authority, profoundly influencing legal systems worldwide.
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C.
Roman-Dutch law
Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.
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D.
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands)
Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) is the Dutch Civil Code, a comprehensive body of private law that in some areas reflects principles derived from Roman-Dutch legal tradition.
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E.
NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German statute
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civil code ⓘ codification of private law ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BGB ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Judiciary of Germany
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surface form:
German civil courts
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| appliesIn |
Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| citationStyle | section symbol followed by number (e.g., § 823 BGB) ⓘ |
| codifies | general principles of private law ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1900-01-01 ⓘ |
| enactmentDate | 1896-08-18 ⓘ |
| governs |
breach of contract remedies
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divorce ⓘ formation of contracts ⓘ legal capacity of persons ⓘ marriage ⓘ ownership and possession ⓘ parental custody ⓘ performance of obligations ⓘ succession to estates ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Family Law
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General Part ⓘ Law of Obligations ⓘ Property Law ⓘ inheritance ⓘ
surface form:
Succession Law
|
| hasSectionCountApprox | over 2300 sections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Civil Code
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Swiss Civil Code ⓘ civil codes in East Asia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pandectist legal scholarship
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Roman law ⓘ |
| isBasisFor | many German private law court decisions ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
civil law
ⓘ
private law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system ⓘ |
| nativeName |
German Civil Code
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
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| promulgatedBy | German Empire ⓘ |
| regulates |
contract law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ law of obligations ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
German Commercial Code
ⓘ
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Constitution (Grundgesetz)
|
| subjectTo | amendment by German legislature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: German Civil Code Description of subject: The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
this entity surface form:
German Civil Code (labour-related provisions)
this entity surface form:
German Civil Code (BGB)
this entity surface form:
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
this entity surface form:
German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB)