Delaware General Corporation Law
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Delaware General Corporation Law is the primary statutory framework governing the formation, governance, and fiduciary duties of corporations incorporated in the state of Delaware.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delaware General Corporation Law canonical | 10 |
| DGCL | 1 |
| Delaware corporations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5413175 — 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: Delaware General Corporation Law Context triple: [Board of Directors of Apple Inc., subjectTo, Delaware General Corporation Law]
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A.
New York Business Corporation Law
The New York Business Corporation Law is the primary body of state law governing the formation, operation, and dissolution of business corporations in New York.
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B.
Delaware Court of Chancery
The Delaware Court of Chancery is a renowned state court of equity best known for its expertise in corporate law and its influential role in resolving business and fiduciary disputes.
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C.
New York Limited Liability Company Law
New York Limited Liability Company Law is the body of New York State statutes that governs the formation, operation, and regulation of limited liability companies within the state.
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D.
Delaware General Assembly
The Delaware General Assembly is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. state of Delaware, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing public policy.
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E.
Office of the Attorney General of Delaware
The Office of the Attorney General of Delaware is the state's chief legal agency, responsible for enforcing state law, prosecuting crimes, and providing legal counsel to the Delaware government.
- 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: Delaware General Corporation Law Target entity description: Delaware General Corporation Law is the primary statutory framework governing the formation, governance, and fiduciary duties of corporations incorporated in the state of Delaware.
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A.
New York Business Corporation Law
The New York Business Corporation Law is the primary body of state law governing the formation, operation, and dissolution of business corporations in New York.
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B.
Delaware Court of Chancery
The Delaware Court of Chancery is a renowned state court of equity best known for its expertise in corporate law and its influential role in resolving business and fiduciary disputes.
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C.
New York Limited Liability Company Law
New York Limited Liability Company Law is the body of New York State statutes that governs the formation, operation, and regulation of limited liability companies within the state.
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D.
Delaware General Assembly
The Delaware General Assembly is the bicameral legislative body of the U.S. state of Delaware, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing public policy.
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E.
Office of the Attorney General of Delaware
The Office of the Attorney General of Delaware is the state's chief legal agency, responsible for enforcing state law, prosecuting crimes, and providing legal counsel to the Delaware government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business corporations law
ⓘ
corporate statute ⓘ state statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo | corporations incorporated in Delaware regardless of principal place of business ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Title 8 of the Delaware Code
ⓘ
linked to:
Delaware state law
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| enactedBy | Delaware General Assembly ⓘ |
| governsEntityType |
Delaware corporations
ⓘ
linked to:
Delaware General Corporation Law
closely held corporations incorporated in Delaware ⓘ public corporations incorporated in Delaware ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section 102
ⓘ
Section 141 ⓘ Section 144 ⓘ Section 145 ⓘ Section 203 ⓘ Section 228 ⓘ Section 242 ⓘ Section 251 ⓘ Section 262 ⓘ Section 327 ⓘ |
| influences | U.S. corporate law practice ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Delaware
ⓘ
linked to:
Delaware
|
| keyConcept |
business judgment rule (as developed in case law applying the statute)
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fiduciary duty of care ⓘ fiduciary duty of loyalty ⓘ stockholder franchise ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of Delaware ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
define fiduciary duties of directors and officers
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govern corporate governance ⓘ govern formation of corporations ⓘ govern internal affairs of corporations ⓘ regulate corporate finance and capital structure ⓘ regulate mergers and acquisitions ⓘ regulate shareholder rights ⓘ |
| shortName |
DGCL
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linked to:
Delaware General Corporation Law
|
| subjectMatter |
anti-takeover provisions
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appraisal rights ⓘ asset sales ⓘ board of directors ⓘ bylaws ⓘ consolidations ⓘ corporate charters ⓘ derivative suits ⓘ director and officer indemnification ⓘ director elections ⓘ dissolution ⓘ interested director transactions ⓘ mergers ⓘ shareholder meetings ⓘ shareholder voting ⓘ |
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: Delaware General Corporation Law Description of subject: Delaware General Corporation Law is the primary statutory framework governing the formation, governance, and fiduciary duties of corporations incorporated in the state of Delaware.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Delaware General Corporation Law
linked to: Delaware General Corporation Law