legalBasis

P125
predicate

Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
legalBasis canonical 17,977
appliesLaw 3,515
governingLaw 2,661

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: legalBasis
Generated description
Indicates the legal rule, authority, or justification under which an action, decision, or status is established or carried out.

Sample triples (35,844)

Subject Object
National Medal of Science Public Law 86-209 ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences charter granted by the U.S. Congress ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain Acts of Union 1800 via predicate surface "mergerLegalBasis" ⓘ
Marshall Plan Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 via predicate surface "legislativeBasis" ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty collective self-defense via predicate surface "definesPrinciple" ⓘ
North Atlantic Treaty Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ⓘ
Works Progress Administration Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 via predicate surface "legislatedBy" ⓘ
Tennessee Valley Authority United States Congress via predicate surface "legislatedBy" ⓘ
Salem witch trials English colonial law ⓘ
Secretary of Commerce of the United States United States Code ⓘ
United States Food Administrator Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
Council of the District of Columbia District of Columbia Home Rule Act ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury Treasury Act of 1789 ⓘ
Washington Metro Washington Metrorail Safety Commission via predicate surface "safetyAuthority" ⓘ
Invasion of Poland revision of Treaty of Versailles via predicate surface "legalBasisClaimedByGermany" ⓘ
Invasion of Poland alleged Polish aggression via predicate surface "justificationUsedByGermany" ⓘ
Holocaust NurembergLaws via predicate surface "legalFramework" ⓘ
National Military Establishment National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
Executive Office of the President of the United States Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939 ⓘ
Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 ⓘ
Chappaquiddick incident Massachusetts traffic law via predicate surface "governingLaw" ⓘ
Electoral College Article II of the United States Constitution via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis" ⓘ
Electoral College Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis" ⓘ
Electoral College Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis" ⓘ
United States Department of State Act for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs (1789) ⓘ
Federal Reserve Board of Governors Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
University of California California Constitution via predicate surface "constitutionalBasis" ⓘ
Nuremberg trials London Charter of the International Military Tribunal via predicate surface "appliedLaw" ⓘ
Nuremberg trials individual criminal responsibility under international law via predicate surface "legalPrinciple" ⓘ
Nuremberg trials rejection of superior orders as absolute defense via predicate surface "legalPrinciple" ⓘ
Nuremberg trials recognition of crimes against humanity via predicate surface "legalPrinciple" ⓘ
Point Four Program Act for International Development of 1950 ⓘ
linked to: Point Four Program
Parliament of Great Britain Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
United States Navy Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
National Defense Research Committee Executive Order 8807 via predicate surface "legislativeBasis" ⓘ
Cabinet of the United States Article II of the United States Constitution (implied) ⓘ
Cabinet of the United States presidential practice and statutes ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 ⓘ
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Bank Secrecy Act ⓘ
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network USA PATRIOT Act ⓘ
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 ⓘ
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Internal Revenue Code via predicate surface "hasLegalAuthorityUnder" ⓘ
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Federal Alcohol Administration Act via predicate surface "hasLegalAuthorityUnder" ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles Los Angeles Municipal Code via predicate surface "appliesLaw" ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles California state law via predicate surface "appliesLaw" ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles United States federal law via predicate surface "appliesLaw" ⓘ
linked to: United States Code