Title 11 of the United States Code

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bankruptcy code federal statute title of the United States Code

Title 11 of the United States Code is the federal Bankruptcy Code that sets forth the substantive and procedural laws governing bankruptcy cases in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Title 11 of the United States Code canonical	26
Title 11 of the United States Code (historical)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T569767 — 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: Title 11 of the United States Code
Context triple: [United States bankruptcy courts, governingStatute, Title 11 of the United States Code]

A. Title 12 of the United States Code
Title 12 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs banks and banking, including the legal framework for the Federal Reserve System and other financial institutions.
B. Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
C. Title 17 of the United States Code
Title 17 of the United States Code is the primary body of U.S. federal law governing copyright protection, rights, and limitations.
D. Title 18 of the United States Code
Title 18 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal criminal law in the United States, defining crimes and criminal procedures at the national level.
E. Title 15 of the United States Code
Title 15 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing commerce and trade in the United States, including key provisions on intellectual property administration and consumer protection.
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: Title 11 of the United States Code
Target entity description: Title 11 of the United States Code is the federal Bankruptcy Code that sets forth the substantive and procedural laws governing bankruptcy cases in the United States.

A. Title 12 of the United States Code
Title 12 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs banks and banking, including the legal framework for the Federal Reserve System and other financial institutions.
B. Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
C. Title 17 of the United States Code
Title 17 of the United States Code is the primary body of U.S. federal law governing copyright protection, rights, and limitations.
D. Title 18 of the United States Code
Title 18 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal criminal law in the United States, defining crimes and criminal procedures at the national level.
E. Title 15 of the United States Code
Title 15 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing commerce and trade in the United States, including key provisions on intellectual property administration and consumer protection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bankruptcy code ⓘ federal statute ⓘ title of the United States Code ⓘ
administeredBy	United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ
appliesTo	business debtors ⓘ individual debtors ⓘ municipalities (through Chapter 9) ⓘ
authority	Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
contains	Chapter 1 – General Provisions ⓘ Chapter 11 – Reorganization ⓘ Chapter 12 – Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income ⓘ Chapter 13 – Adjustment of Debts of an Individual with Regular Income ⓘ Chapter 15 – Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases ⓘ Chapter 3 – Case Administration ⓘ Chapter 5 – Creditors, the Debtor, and the Estate ⓘ Chapter 7 – Liquidation ⓘ Chapter 9 – Adjustment of Debts of a Municipality ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	automatic stay ⓘ bankruptcy estate ⓘ discharge of debts ⓘ priority of claims ⓘ secured claims ⓘ unsecured claims ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governs	bankruptcy cases in the United States ⓘ cross-border insolvency cases under Chapter 15 ⓘ family farmer and fisherman cases under Chapter 12 ⓘ liquidation proceedings under Chapter 7 ⓘ municipal debt adjustment under Chapter 9 ⓘ reorganization proceedings under Chapter 11 ⓘ wage earner repayment plans under Chapter 13 ⓘ
legalDomain	bankruptcy law ⓘ insolvency law ⓘ
partOf	United States Code ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to provide relief to honest but unfortunate debtors ⓘ
proceduralScope	bankruptcy procedure ⓘ
regulates	avoidance of fraudulent transfers ⓘ avoidance of preferential transfers ⓘ treatment of creditors in bankruptcy ⓘ treatment of executory contracts and unexpired leases ⓘ use, sale, or lease of property of the estate ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure ⓘ
secondaryPurpose	to ensure equitable distribution to creditors ⓘ
setsOut	duties of debtors ⓘ duties of trustees ⓘ eligibility requirements for debtors ⓘ procedures for filing bankruptcy petitions ⓘ procedures for plan confirmation in reorganization cases ⓘ
shortName	United States bankruptcy law ⓘ surface form: Bankruptcy Code
substantiveScope	substantive bankruptcy rights and obligations ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States bankruptcy courts → governingStatute → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States bankruptcy law → implementedBy → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 → codifiedIn → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → codifiedIn → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 → amends → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio → governingStatute → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Trustee Program → operatesUnderStatute → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Chapter 7 – Liquidation → partOf → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Chapter 11 – Reorganization → partOf → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Chapter 12 – Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Chapter 13 – Adjustment of Debts of an Individual with Regular Income → partOf → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Public Law 95-598 → amended → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

Bankruptcy Act of 1898 → codifiedIn → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title 11 of the United States Code (historical)

United States Trustees → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Trustee

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee → governedBy → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States bankruptcy court for the Western District of Washington → legalAuthority → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington → governedBy → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri → governingLaw → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado → governingStatute → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina (in certain matters) → appliesLaw → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida → governingLaw → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States bankruptcy court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania → governedBy → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana → governingLaw → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia → legalBasis → Title 11 of the United States Code ⓘ

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