Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
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The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan | 2 |
| Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan canonical | 1 |
| Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1155880 — 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: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan Context triple: [Grand Bench, convenesFrom, Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan]
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A.
Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
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B.
Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
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C.
Takamatsu High Court
The Takamatsu High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
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D.
Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
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E.
Sapporo High Court
The Sapporo High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts in its jurisdiction in northern Japan.
- 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: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan Target entity description: The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.
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A.
Osaka High Court
Osaka High Court is one of Japan’s major regional appellate courts, handling appeals and important cases from lower courts in the Kansai region.
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B.
Nagoya High Court
Nagoya High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
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C.
Takamatsu High Court
The Takamatsu High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts within its jurisdiction.
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D.
Tokyo High Court
The Tokyo High Court is one of Japan’s major appellate courts, handling appeals from lower courts in the Tokyo region and playing a key role in the country’s judicial system.
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E.
Sapporo High Court
The Sapporo High Court is one of Japan’s regional high courts, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts in its jurisdiction in northern Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court division
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judicial panel ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| decisionEffect | its judgments are binding in the specific cases decided ⓘ |
| doesNotUsuallyHandle | most significant constitutional issues ⓘ |
| handles |
legal appeals
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most cases before the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| hasAuthority | final appellate jurisdiction in most cases ⓘ |
| higherCourt | Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalNature | collegial court ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system of Japan ⓘ |
| levelOfCourt | court of last resort ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Supreme Court of Japan
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judiciary of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Japan
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| positionInHierarchy | subdivision of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | adjudication of ordinary appeals ⓘ |
| reservesCasesFor | Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| roleInConstitutionalReview | refers important constitutional questions to the Grand Bench ⓘ |
| statutoryBasis | Court Act of Japan ⓘ |
| typeOfCases |
appeals on points of law
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ordinary civil appeals ⓘ ordinary criminal appeals ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan Description of subject: The Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is one of several smaller judicial panels within Japan’s highest court that handle most cases and legal appeals, reserving only the most significant constitutional issues for the full Grand Bench.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
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